#B3A559#B3A559

#B3A559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A559
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -5.24, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 41.25, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0156 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.099 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8497, 37.2165, 14.8497)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A559 #5967B3

analogous

#B37859 #B3A559 #94B359

triadic

#B3A559 #59B3A5 #A559B3

tetradic

#B3A559 #59B378 #5967B3 #B35994

square

#B3A559 #59B378 #5967B3 #B35994

split-complementary

#B3A559 #5994B3 #7859B3

monochromatic

#645B2E #8E8241 #B3A559 #C6BC83 #D9D3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#B3A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#B3A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A559

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A559	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)

#B2A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbf8a',
    500: '#b3a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a559;
$custom-light: #ccbf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71751,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A559

secondary

#A0A6C7

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A559

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

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