#B3A442#B3A442

#B3A442 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A442
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -6.53, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 51.75, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.022 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8505, 36.5293, 10.4737)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A442 #4251B3

analogous

#B36B42 #B3A442 #89B342

triadic

#B3A442 #42B3A4 #A442B3

tetradic

#B3A442 #42B36B #4251B3 #B34289

square

#B3A442 #42B36B #4251B3 #B34289

split-complementary

#B3A442 #4289B3 #6B42B3

monochromatic

#5A5221 #867B32 #B3A442 #C8BC6A #D9D097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#B3A442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#B3A442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A442

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A442	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0998F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdbe7b',
    500: '#b3a442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a442;
$custom-light: #cdbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A442

secondary

#8C94C4

accent

#64D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A442

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

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