#B3A246#B3A246

#B3A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A246
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -5.20, 48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 49.23, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0177 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6175, 35.8680, 10.9983)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A246 #4657B3

analogous

#B36C46 #B3A246 #8EB346

triadic

#B3A246 #46B3A2 #A246B3

tetradic

#B3A246 #46B36C #4657B3 #B3468E

square

#B3A246 #46B36C #4657B3 #B3468E

split-complementary

#B3A246 #468EB3 #6C46B3

monochromatic

#5B5224 #877A35 #B3A246 #C7B96F #D8CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#B3A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A246

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A246	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)

#B09E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd7d',
    500: '#b3a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a246;
$custom-light: #ccbd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70874,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A246

secondary

#9099C4

accent

#68D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A246

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

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