#B3A56D#B3A56D

#B3A56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.076 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A56D
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 39.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -3.16, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 31.03, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0077 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.076 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8065, 37.5992, 19.8889)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A56D #6D7BB3

analogous

#B3826D #B3A56D #9EB36D

triadic

#B3A56D #6DB3A5 #A56DB3

tetradic

#B3A56D #6DB382 #6D7BB3 #B36D9E

square

#B3A56D #6DB382 #6D7BB3 #B36D9E

split-complementary

#B3A56D #6D9EB3 #826DB3

monochromatic

#6D6239 #95874E #B3A56D #C8BE95 #DDD7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B3A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B3A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A56D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A56D	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.076 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf97',
    500: '#b3a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a56d;
$custom-light: #cbbf97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 31.532,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.07634,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A56D

secondary

#B0B5CC

accent

#75C860

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A56D

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

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