#B3A146#B3A146

#B3A146 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A146
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 70)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -4.66, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 48.88, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0161 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.113 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4421, 35.5171, 10.9398)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A146 #4658B3

analogous

#B36B46 #B3A146 #8FB346

triadic

#B3A146 #46B3A1 #A146B3

tetradic

#B3A146 #46B36B #4658B3 #B3468F

square

#B3A146 #46B36B #4658B3 #B3468F

split-complementary

#B3A146 #468FB3 #6B46B3

monochromatic

#5B5224 #877935 #B3A146 #C7B86F #D8CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#B3A146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#B3A146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A146

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A146	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)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc7d',
    500: '#b3a146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a146;
$custom-light: #ccbc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70661,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A146

secondary

#9099C4

accent

#69D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A146

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

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