#B3A463#B3A463

#B3A463 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.087 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A463
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 44.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -3.72, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 35.80, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0102 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.087 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1189, 37.0367, 17.1535)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A463 #6372B3

analogous

#B37C63 #B3A463 #9AB363

triadic

#B3A463 #63B3A4 #A463B3

tetradic

#B3A463 #63B37C #6372B3 #B3639A

square

#B3A463 #63B37C #6372B3 #B3639A

split-complementary

#B3A463 #639AB3 #7C63B3

monochromatic

#695F33 #928447 #B3A463 #C7BC8C #DBD4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B3A463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A463

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A463	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.087 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbe90',
    500: '#b3a463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a463;
$custom-light: #cbbe90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A463

secondary

#A8AECA

accent

#72CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F6F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A463

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

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