#B3A453#B3A453

#B3A453 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.104 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A453
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -5.24, 43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 43.82, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0163 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.104 99)
XYZ	xyz(33.4283, 36.7605, 13.5166)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A453 #5362B3

analogous

#B37453 #B3A453 #92B353

triadic

#B3A453 #53B3A4 #A453B3

tetradic

#B3A453 #53B374 #5362B3 #B35392

square

#B3A453 #53B374 #5362B3 #B35392

split-complementary

#B3A453 #5392B3 #7453B3

monochromatic

#61582B #8B7F3E #B3A453 #C6BA7D #D9D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#B3A453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A453

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A453	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	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)

#B1A04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.104 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe85',
    500: '#b3a453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a453;
$custom-light: #ccbe85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71456,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A453

secondary

#9CA2C6

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A453

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

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