#B3A161#B3A161

#B3A161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.086 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A161
RGB	rgb(179, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -2.32, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 35.69, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0063 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.086 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4939, 35.9378, 16.4793)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A161 #6173B3

analogous

#B37861 #B3A161 #9CB361

triadic

#B3A161 #61B3A1 #A161B3

tetradic

#B3A161 #61B378 #6173B3 #B3619C

square

#B3A161 #61B378 #6173B3 #B3619C

split-complementary

#B3A161 #619CB3 #7861B3

monochromatic

#685C32 #918146 #B3A161 #C7BA8A #DBD2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#B3A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A161

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A161	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.086 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbc8f',
    500: '#b3a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a161;
$custom-light: #cbbc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A161

secondary

#A6AEC9

accent

#75CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A161

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

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