#B3A249#B3A249

#B3A249 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A249
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -4.98, 47.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 47.85, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0167 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.111 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7146, 35.9068, 11.5095)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A249 #495AB3

analogous

#B36D49 #B3A249 #8FB349

triadic

#B3A249 #49B3A2 #A249B3

tetradic

#B3A249 #49B36D #495AB3 #B3498F

square

#B3A249 #49B36D #495AB3 #B3498F

split-complementary

#B3A249 #498FB3 #6D49B3

monochromatic

#5C5326 #887B37 #B3A249 #C6B973 #D8CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#B3A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#B3A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A249

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A249	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd7f',
    500: '#b3a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a249;
$custom-light: #ccbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A249

secondary

#939BC4

accent

#6AD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A249

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

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