#B3A157#B3A157

#B3A157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.097 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A157
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -3.28, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 40.73, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0102 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.097 96)
XYZ	xyz(33.0567, 35.7629, 14.1767)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A157 #5769B3

analogous

#B37357 #B3A157 #97B357

triadic

#B3A157 #57B3A1 #A157B3

tetradic

#B3A157 #57B373 #5769B3 #B35797

square

#B3A157 #57B373 #5769B3 #B35797

split-complementary

#B3A157 #5797B3 #7357B3

monochromatic

#63582D #8D7E40 #B3A157 #C6B981 #D9D0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#B3A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#B3A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A157

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A157	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.097 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc88',
    500: '#b3a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a157;
$custom-light: #ccbc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.35762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A157

secondary

#9FA7C7

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A157

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

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