#B3A562#B3A562

#B3A562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.089 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A562
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -4.36, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 36.71, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0121 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.089 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2510, 37.3770, 16.9632)
Luminance	0.3738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A562 #6270B3

analogous

#B37D62 #B3A562 #99B362

triadic

#B3A562 #62B3A5 #A562B3

tetradic

#B3A562 #62B37D #6270B3 #B36299

square

#B3A562 #62B37D #6270B3 #B36299

split-complementary

#B3A562 #6299B3 #7D62B3

monochromatic

#685F32 #918446 #B3A562 #C7BD8B #DBD4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#B3A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#B3A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A562

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A562	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.089 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf90',
    500: '#b3a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a562;
$custom-light: #cbbf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71885,
    "c": 0.0889,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A562

secondary

#A7ADCA

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A562

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

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