#B3A55E#B3A55E

#B3A55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A55E
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 47.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -4.76, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 38.74, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0137 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0669, 37.3033, 15.9933)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A55E #5E6CB3

analogous

#B37A5E #B3A55E #96B35E

triadic

#B3A55E #5EB3A5 #A55EB3

tetradic

#B3A55E #5EB37A #5E6CB3 #B35E96

square

#B3A55E #5EB37A #5E6CB3 #B35E96

split-complementary

#B3A55E #5E96B3 #7A5EB3

monochromatic

#665D30 #908344 #B3A55E #C7BC88 #DAD3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B3A55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#B3A55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A55E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A55E	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf8d',
    500: '#b3a55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a55e;
$custom-light: #cbbf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 35.865,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71823,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A55E

secondary

#A4AAC9

accent

#6ECC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A55E

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

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