#B3A359#B3A359

#B3A359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.097 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A359
RGB	rgb(179, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -4.17, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 40.48, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0125 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.097 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4918, 36.5006, 14.7304)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A359 #5969B3

analogous

#B37659 #B3A359 #96B359

triadic

#B3A359 #59B3A3 #A359B3

tetradic

#B3A359 #59B376 #5969B3 #B35996

square

#B3A359 #59B376 #5969B3 #B35996

split-complementary

#B3A359 #5996B3 #7659B3

monochromatic

#645A2E #8E8041 #B3A359 #C6BA83 #D9D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#B3A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A359

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A359	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.097 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe89',
    500: '#b3a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a359;
$custom-light: #ccbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71325,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A359

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A359

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

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