#B3A343#B3A343

#B3A343 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A343
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -5.94, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 50.94, 96.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0201 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.117 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7020, 36.1847, 10.5709)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A343 #4353B3

analogous

#B36B43 #B3A343 #8BB343

triadic

#B3A343 #43B3A3 #A343B3

tetradic

#B3A343 #43B36B #4353B3 #B3438B

square

#B3A343 #43B36B #4353B3 #B3438B

split-complementary

#B3A343 #438BB3 #6B43B3

monochromatic

#5A5222 #867A32 #B3A343 #C8BB6B #D8CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B3A343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A343

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A343	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe7b',
    500: '#b3a343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a343;
$custom-light: #cdbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A343

secondary

#8D95C4

accent

#65D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A343

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

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