#B3A254#B3A254

#B3A254 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A254
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 53.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -4.09, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 42.58, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0128 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.101 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1121, 36.0658, 13.6030)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A254 #5465B3

analogous

#B37354 #B3A254 #95B354

triadic

#B3A254 #54B3A2 #A254B3

tetradic

#B3A254 #54B373 #5465B3 #B35495

square

#B3A254 #54B373 #5465B3 #B35495

split-complementary

#B3A254 #5495B3 #7354B3

monochromatic

#61582B #8C7E3E #B3A254 #C6B97E #D9D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#B3A254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A254

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A254	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd86',
    500: '#b3a254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a254;
$custom-light: #ccbd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A254

secondary

#9DA4C6

accent

#6ECE59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A254

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

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