#B3A449#B3A449

#B3A449 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A449
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -6.04, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 48.57, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0197 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(33.0697, 36.6170, 11.6279)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A449 #4958B3

analogous

#B36F49 #B3A449 #8DB349

triadic

#B3A449 #49B3A4 #A449B3

tetradic

#B3A449 #49B36F #4958B3 #B3498D

square

#B3A449 #49B36F #4958B3 #B3498D

split-complementary

#B3A449 #498DB3 #6F49B3

monochromatic

#5C5426 #887C37 #B3A449 #C6BA73 #D8D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#B3A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A449

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A449	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe7f',
    500: '#b3a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a449;
$custom-light: #ccbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71336,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.36616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A449

secondary

#939AC4

accent

#67D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A449

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

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