#B3A244#B3A244

#B3A244 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A244
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -5.34, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 50.14, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0183 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5554, 35.8431, 10.6713)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A244 #4455B3

analogous

#B36A44 #B3A244 #8CB344

triadic

#B3A244 #44B3A2 #A244B3

tetradic

#B3A244 #44B36A #4455B3 #B3448C

square

#B3A244 #44B36A #4455B3 #B3448C

split-complementary

#B3A244 #448CB3 #6A44B3

monochromatic

#5A5222 #877A33 #B3A244 #C7BA6D #D8CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B3A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A244

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A244	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)

#B19E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbd7c',
    500: '#b3a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a244;
$custom-light: #cdbd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.11578,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A244

secondary

#8E97C4

accent

#67D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A244

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

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