#B3A142#B3A142

#B3A142 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A142
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -4.94, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 50.69, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0174 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3200, 35.4682, 10.2968)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A142 #4254B3

analogous

#B36842 #B3A142 #8DB342

triadic

#B3A142 #42B3A1 #A142B3

tetradic

#B3A142 #42B368 #4254B3 #B3428D

square

#B3A142 #42B368 #4254B3 #B3428D

split-complementary

#B3A142 #428DB3 #6842B3

monochromatic

#5A5121 #867932 #B3A142 #C8B96A #D9CE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#B3A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A142

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A142	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbc7a',
    500: '#b3a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a142;
$custom-light: #cdbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A142

secondary

#8C95C4

accent

#67D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A142

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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