#B3A353#B3A353

#B3A353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A353
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -4.71, 43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 43.44, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0147 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.103 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2501, 36.4039, 13.4572)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A353 #5363B3

analogous

#B37353 #B3A353 #93B353

triadic

#B3A353 #53B3A3 #A353B3

tetradic

#B3A353 #53B373 #5363B3 #B35393

square

#B3A353 #53B373 #5363B3 #B35393

split-complementary

#B3A353 #5393B3 #7353B3

monochromatic

#61582B #8B7E3E #B3A353 #C6BA7D #D9D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#B3A353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#B3A353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A353

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A353	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe85',
    500: '#b3a353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a353;
$custom-light: #ccbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71243,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A353

secondary

#9CA3C6

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A353

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

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