#B3A477#B3A477

#B3A477 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.063 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A477
RGB	rgb(179, 164, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 28%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 34%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 33.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -1.41, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 25.41, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.002 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.063 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1961, 37.4676, 22.8271)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A477 #7786B3

analogous

#B38677 #B3A477 #A4B377

triadic

#B3A477 #77B3A4 #A477B3

tetradic

#B3A477 #77B386 #7786B3 #B377A4

square

#B3A477 #77B386 #7786B3 #B377A4

split-complementary

#B3A477 #77A4B3 #8677B3

monochromatic

#71643F #988755 #B3A477 #C9BE9E #DFD9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B3A477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A477

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A477	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 164, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.063 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cabe9e',
    500: '#b3a477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a477;
$custom-light: #cabe9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.06345,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A477

secondary

#B7BDCF

accent

#7CC563

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A477

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

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