#B3A549#B3A549

#B3A549 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A549
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -6.57, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 48.94, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0213 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2494, 36.9763, 11.6878)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A549 #4957B3

analogous

#B37049 #B3A549 #8CB349

triadic

#B3A549 #49B3A5 #A549B3

tetradic

#B3A549 #49B370 #4957B3 #B3498C

square

#B3A549 #49B370 #4957B3 #B3498C

split-complementary

#B3A549 #498CB3 #7049B3

monochromatic

#5C5526 #887D37 #B3A549 #C6BB73 #D8D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#B3A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A549

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A549	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)

#B3A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf7f',
    500: '#b3a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a549;
$custom-light: #ccbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7155,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A549

secondary

#939AC4

accent

#66D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A549

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

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