#B3A545#B3A545

#B3A545 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A545
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -6.86, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 50.77, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0225 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1210, 36.9250, 11.0117)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A545 #4553B3

analogous

#B36E45 #B3A545 #8AB345

triadic

#B3A545 #45B3A5 #A545B3

tetradic

#B3A545 #45B36E #4553B3 #B3458A

square

#B3A545 #45B36E #4553B3 #B3458A

split-complementary

#B3A545 #458AB3 #6E45B3

monochromatic

#5B5423 #877C34 #B3A545 #C7BC6E #D8D09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#B3A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A545

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A545	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf7d',
    500: '#b3a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a545;
$custom-light: #ccbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A545

secondary

#8F96C4

accent

#64D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A545

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

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