#B3A451#B3A451

#B3A451 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.106 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A451
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, -5.41, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 44.79, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.017 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.106 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3522, 36.7300, 13.1158)
Luminance	0.3673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A451 #5160B3

analogous

#B37351 #B3A451 #91B351

triadic

#B3A451 #51B3A4 #A451B3

tetradic

#B3A451 #51B373 #5160B3 #B35191

square

#B3A451 #51B373 #5160B3 #B35191

split-complementary

#B3A451 #5191B3 #7351B3

monochromatic

#60582A #8A7E3C #B3A451 #C6BA7C #D8D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#B3A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B3A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A451

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A451	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.106 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe84',
    500: '#b3a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a451;
$custom-light: #ccbe84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.10569,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A451

secondary

#9AA1C6

accent

#6BCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A451

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

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