#B3A257#B3A257

#B3A257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.098 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A257
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -3.82, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 41.10, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0117 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.098 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2321, 36.1138, 14.2351)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A257 #5768B3

analogous

#B37457 #B3A257 #96B357

triadic

#B3A257 #57B3A2 #A257B3

tetradic

#B3A257 #57B374 #5768B3 #B35796

square

#B3A257 #57B374 #5768B3 #B35796

split-complementary

#B3A257 #5796B3 #7457B3

monochromatic

#63592D #8D7F40 #B3A257 #C6B981 #D9D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#B3A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A257

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A257	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)

#AF9F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.098 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd88',
    500: '#b3a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a257;
$custom-light: #ccbd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A257

secondary

#9FA6C7

accent

#6FCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A257

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

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