#B3A262#B3A262

#B3A262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.086 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A262
RGB	rgb(179, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -2.75, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 35.55, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0075 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.086 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.7163, 36.3075, 16.7849)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A262 #6273B3

analogous

#B37A62 #B3A262 #9CB362

triadic

#B3A262 #62B3A2 #A262B3

tetradic

#B3A262 #62B37A #6273B3 #B3629C

square

#B3A262 #62B37A #6273B3 #B3629C

split-complementary

#B3A262 #629CB3 #7A62B3

monochromatic

#685D32 #918246 #B3A262 #C7BA8B #DBD3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#B3A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A262

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A262	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)

#AE9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.086 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbd90',
    500: '#b3a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a262;
$custom-light: #cbbd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71248,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.36306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A262

secondary

#A7AECA

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A262

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

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