#B3A550#B3A550

#B3A550 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A550
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -6.02, 45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 45.65, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.0189 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4946, 37.0744, 12.9796)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A550 #505EB3

analogous

#B37350 #B3A550 #8FB350

triadic

#B3A550 #50B3A5 #A550B3

tetradic

#B3A550 #50B373 #505EB3 #B3508F

square

#B3A550 #50B373 #505EB3 #B3508F

split-complementary

#B3A550 #508FB3 #7350B3

monochromatic

#5F5829 #8A7F3C #B3A550 #C6BB7B #D8D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#B3A550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#B3A550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A550

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A550	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)

#B3A148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf84',
    500: '#b3a550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a550;
$custom-light: #ccbf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71632,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A550

secondary

#99A0C5

accent

#69CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A550

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

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