#B3A242#B3A242

#B3A242 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A242
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -5.47, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 51.04, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0189 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.117 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4954, 35.8191, 10.3553)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A242 #4253B3

analogous

#B36942 #B3A242 #8CB342

triadic

#B3A242 #42B3A2 #A242B3

tetradic

#B3A242 #42B369 #4253B3 #B3428C

square

#B3A242 #42B369 #4253B3 #B3428C

split-complementary

#B3A242 #428CB3 #6942B3

monochromatic

#5A5121 #867A32 #B3A242 #C8BA6A #D9CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#B3A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A242

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A242	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7b',
    500: '#b3a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a242;
$custom-light: #cdbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A242

secondary

#8C95C4

accent

#66D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A242

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

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