#B3A243#B3A243

#B3A243 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A243
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -5.40, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 50.59, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0186 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5252, 35.8310, 10.5119)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A243 #4354B3

analogous

#B36A43 #B3A243 #8CB343

triadic

#B3A243 #43B3A2 #A243B3

tetradic

#B3A243 #43B36A #4354B3 #B3438C

square

#B3A243 #43B36A #4354B3 #B3438C

split-complementary

#B3A243 #438CB3 #6A43B3

monochromatic

#5A5122 #867A32 #B3A243 #C8BA6B #D8CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B3A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A243

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A243	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7b',
    500: '#b3a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a243;
$custom-light: #cdbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70843,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A243

secondary

#8D96C4

accent

#66D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A243

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

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