#B3A459#B3A459

#B3A459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A459
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, -4.71, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 40.86, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.014 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6701, 36.8572, 14.7898)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A459 #5968B3

analogous

#B37759 #B3A459 #95B359

triadic

#B3A459 #59B3A4 #A459B3

tetradic

#B3A459 #59B377 #5968B3 #B35995

square

#B3A459 #59B377 #5968B3 #B35995

split-complementary

#B3A459 #5995B3 #7759B3

monochromatic

#645B2E #8E8141 #B3A459 #C6BB83 #D9D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#B3A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#B3A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A459

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A459	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbe89',
    500: '#b3a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a459;
$custom-light: #ccbe89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.09763,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A459

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#6ECD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A459

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

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