#B3A557#B3A557

#B3A557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A557
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -5.42, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 42.24, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0163 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7669, 37.1833, 14.4134)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A557 #5765B3

analogous

#B37757 #B3A557 #93B357

triadic

#B3A557 #57B3A5 #A557B3

tetradic

#B3A557 #57B377 #5765B3 #B35793

square

#B3A557 #57B377 #5765B3 #B35793

split-complementary

#B3A557 #5793B3 #7757B3

monochromatic

#635B2D #8D8140 #B3A557 #C6BC81 #D9D2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B3A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B3A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A557

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A557	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf88',
    500: '#b3a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a557;
$custom-light: #ccbf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71723,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A557

secondary

#9FA5C7

accent

#6CCE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A557

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

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