#B3A245#B3A245

#B3A245 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A245
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -5.27, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 49.69, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.018 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(32.5862, 35.8554, 10.8334)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A245 #4556B3

analogous

#B36B45 #B3A245 #8DB345

triadic

#B3A245 #45B3A2 #A245B3

tetradic

#B3A245 #45B36B #4556B3 #B3458D

square

#B3A245 #45B36B #4556B3 #B3458D

split-complementary

#B3A245 #458DB3 #6B45B3

monochromatic

#5B5223 #877A34 #B3A245 #C7B96E #D8CF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B3A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A245

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A245	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)

#B09E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd7c',
    500: '#b3a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a245;
$custom-light: #ccbd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70864,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A245

secondary

#8F98C4

accent

#68D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A245

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

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