#B3A462#B3A462

#B3A462 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.088 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A462
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -3.83, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 36.32, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0106 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.088 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0714, 37.0177, 16.9033)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A462 #6271B3

analogous

#B37C62 #B3A462 #9AB362

triadic

#B3A462 #62B3A4 #A462B3

tetradic

#B3A462 #62B37C #6271B3 #B3629A

square

#B3A462 #62B37C #6271B3 #B3629A

split-complementary

#B3A462 #629AB3 #7C62B3

monochromatic

#685E32 #918446 #B3A462 #C7BC8B #DBD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B3A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A462

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A462	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)

#B0A15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.088 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe90',
    500: '#b3a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a462;
$custom-light: #cbbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71672,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A462

secondary

#A7AECA

accent

#71CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A462

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

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