#B3A346#B3A346

#B3A346 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A346
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -5.73, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 49.59, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0192 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7944, 36.2217, 11.0572)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A346 #4656B3

analogous

#B36D46 #B3A346 #8DB346

triadic

#B3A346 #46B3A3 #A346B3

tetradic

#B3A346 #46B36D #4656B3 #B3468D

square

#B3A346 #46B36D #4656B3 #B3468D

split-complementary

#B3A346 #468DB3 #6D46B3

monochromatic

#5B5324 #877B35 #B3A346 #C7BA6F #D8CF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#B3A346 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#B3A346 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A346

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A346	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A346	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)

#B19F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a346;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe7d',
    500: '#b3a346',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a346;
$custom-light: #ccbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a346",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71088,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A346

secondary

#9098C4

accent

#67D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A346

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

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