#B3A241#B3A241

#B3A241 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.118 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A241
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -5.54, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 51.48, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0192 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.118 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4662, 35.8074, 10.2014)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A241 #4152B3

analogous

#B36941 #B3A241 #8BB341

triadic

#B3A241 #41B3A2 #A241B3

tetradic

#B3A241 #41B369 #4152B3 #B3418B

square

#B3A241 #41B369 #4152B3 #B3418B

split-complementary

#B3A241 #418BB3 #6941B3

monochromatic

#595120 #867931 #B3A241 #C8BA69 #D9CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B3A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A241

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A241	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.118 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7a',
    500: '#b3a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a241;
$custom-light: #cdbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70823,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A241

secondary

#8B94C4

accent

#65D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A241

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

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