#B3A256#B3A256

#B3A256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A256
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -3.91, 41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 41.59, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0121 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.099 97)
XYZ	xyz(33.1915, 36.0976, 14.0215)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A256 #5667B3

analogous

#B37456 #B3A256 #96B356

triadic

#B3A256 #56B3A2 #A256B3

tetradic

#B3A256 #56B374 #5667B3 #B35696

square

#B3A256 #56B374 #5667B3 #B35696

split-complementary

#B3A256 #5696B3 #7456B3

monochromatic

#62582C #8D7E3F #B3A256 #C6B980 #D9D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B3A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A256

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A256	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AF9F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd87',
    500: '#b3a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a256;
$custom-light: #ccbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7107,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.36096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A256

secondary

#9EA5C7

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A256

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

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