#B3A145#B3A145

#B3A145 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A145
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -4.73, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 49.34, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0164 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.114 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4108, 35.5045, 10.7749)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A145 #4557B3

analogous

#B36A45 #B3A145 #8EB345

triadic

#B3A145 #45B3A1 #A145B3

tetradic

#B3A145 #45B36A #4557B3 #B3458E

square

#B3A145 #45B36A #4557B3 #B3458E

split-complementary

#B3A145 #458EB3 #6A45B3

monochromatic

#5B5223 #877934 #B3A145 #C7B96E #D8CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B3A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A145

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A145	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc7c',
    500: '#b3a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a145;
$custom-light: #ccbc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7065,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A145

secondary

#8F98C4

accent

#69D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A145

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

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