#B3A565#B3A565

#B3A565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.086 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A565
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 43.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -4.05, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 35.17, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0109 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.086 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3953, 37.4347, 17.7232)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A565 #6573B3

analogous

#B37E65 #B3A565 #9AB365

triadic

#B3A565 #65B3A5 #A565B3

tetradic

#B3A565 #65B37E #6573B3 #B3659A

square

#B3A565 #65B37E #6573B3 #B3659A

split-complementary

#B3A565 #659AB3 #7E65B3

monochromatic

#6A6034 #938548 #B3A565 #C7BD8E #DBD5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B3A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A565

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A565	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.086 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf92',
    500: '#b3a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a565;
$custom-light: #cbbf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 33.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71933,
    "c": 0.08555,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A565

secondary

#A9AFCA

accent

#71CA5E

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A565

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

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