#B3A355#B3A355

#B3A355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A355
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -4.53, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 42.46, 96.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.014 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.101 98)
XYZ	xyz(33.3284, 36.4353, 13.8697)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A355 #5565B3

analogous

#B37455 #B3A355 #94B355

triadic

#B3A355 #55B3A3 #A355B3

tetradic

#B3A355 #55B374 #5565B3 #B35594

square

#B3A355 #55B374 #5565B3 #B35594

split-complementary

#B3A355 #5594B3 #7455B3

monochromatic

#62592C #8C7F3F #B3A355 #C6BA7F #D9D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B3A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A355

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A355	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe87',
    500: '#b3a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a355;
$custom-light: #ccbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71269,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.36434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A355

secondary

#9DA4C7

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A355

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

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