#B3A356#B3A356

#B3A356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A356
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -4.45, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 41.97, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0136 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.1 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3684, 36.4513, 14.0804)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A356 #5666B3

analogous

#B37556 #B3A356 #95B356

triadic

#B3A356 #56B3A3 #A356B3

tetradic

#B3A356 #56B375 #5666B3 #B35695

square

#B3A356 #56B375 #5666B3 #B35695

split-complementary

#B3A356 #5695B3 #7556B3

monochromatic

#62592C #8D7F3F #B3A356 #C6BA80 #D9D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#B3A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A356

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A356	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)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe87',
    500: '#b3a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a356;
$custom-light: #ccbe87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71283,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A356

secondary

#9EA5C7

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A356

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

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