#B3A255#B3A255

#B3A255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A255
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -4.00, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 42.09, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0124 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.1 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1515, 36.0816, 13.8108)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A255 #5566B3

analogous

#B37355 #B3A255 #95B355

triadic

#B3A255 #55B3A2 #A255B3

tetradic

#B3A255 #55B373 #5566B3 #B35595

square

#B3A255 #55B373 #5566B3 #B35595

split-complementary

#B3A255 #5595B3 #7355B3

monochromatic

#62582C #8C7E3F #B3A255 #C6B97F #D9D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#B3A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B3A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A255

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A255	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd87',
    500: '#b3a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a255;
$custom-light: #ccbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71056,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A255

secondary

#9DA5C7

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A255

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

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