#B3A460#B3A460

#B3A460 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.090 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A460
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 46.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -4.03, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 37.34, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0114 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.09 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9781, 36.9804, 16.4122)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A460 #606FB3

analogous

#B37B60 #B3A460 #99B360

triadic

#B3A460 #60B3A4 #A460B3

tetradic

#B3A460 #60B37B #606FB3 #B36099

square

#B3A460 #60B37B #606FB3 #B36099

split-complementary

#B3A460 #6099B3 #7B60B3

monochromatic

#675E31 #918345 #B3A460 #C7BC89 #DBD3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B3A460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A460

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A460	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.090 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe8e',
    500: '#b3a460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a460;
$custom-light: #cbbe8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 35.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A460

secondary

#A6ACC9

accent

#70CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A460

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

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