#B3A258#B3A258

#B3A258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A258
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 50.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -3.73, 40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 40.60, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0113 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.097 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2733, 36.1303, 14.4518)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A258 #5869B3

analogous

#B37458 #B3A258 #97B358

triadic

#B3A258 #58B3A2 #A258B3

tetradic

#B3A258 #58B374 #5869B3 #B35897

square

#B3A258 #58B374 #5869B3 #B35897

split-complementary

#B3A258 #5897B3 #7458B3

monochromatic

#63592D #8D7F40 #B3A258 #C6B982 #D9D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#B3A258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A258

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A258	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbd89',
    500: '#b3a258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a258;
$custom-light: #ccbd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.791,
    "s": 37.449,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71098,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A258

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#70CD5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A258

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

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