#B3A461#B3A461

#B3A461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.089 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A461
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 45.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -3.93, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 36.83, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.011 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.089 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0244, 36.9989, 16.6562)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A461 #6170B3

analogous

#B37B61 #B3A461 #99B361

triadic

#B3A461 #61B3A4 #A461B3

tetradic

#B3A461 #61B37B #6170B3 #B36199

square

#B3A461 #61B37B #6170B3 #B36199

split-complementary

#B3A461 #6199B3 #7B61B3

monochromatic

#685E32 #918346 #B3A461 #C7BC8A #DBD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B3A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A461

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A461	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)

#B0A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.089 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe8f',
    500: '#b3a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a461;
$custom-light: #cbbe8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.024,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71656,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A461

secondary

#A6ADC9

accent

#71CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A461

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

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