#B3A261#B3A261

#B3A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.087 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A261
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -2.86, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 36.06, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0079 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.087 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6693, 36.2887, 16.5378)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A261 #6172B3

analogous

#B37961 #B3A261 #9BB361

triadic

#B3A261 #61B3A2 #A261B3

tetradic

#B3A261 #61B379 #6172B3 #B3619B

square

#B3A261 #61B379 #6172B3 #B3619B

split-complementary

#B3A261 #619BB3 #7961B3

monochromatic

#685D32 #918146 #B3A261 #C7BA8A #DBD3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B3A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A261

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A261	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.087 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd8f',
    500: '#b3a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a261;
$custom-light: #cbbd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.561,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A261

secondary

#A6AEC9

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A261

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

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