#B3A56E#B3A56E

#B3A56E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.075 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A56E
RGB	rgb(179, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -3.04, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 30.51, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0073 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.075 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8607, 37.6209, 20.1740)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A56E #6E7CB3

analogous

#B3836E #B3A56E #9FB36E

triadic

#B3A56E #6EB3A5 #A56EB3

tetradic

#B3A56E #6EB383 #6E7CB3 #B36E9F

square

#B3A56E #6EB383 #6E7CB3 #B36E9F

split-complementary

#B3A56E #6E9FB3 #836EB3

monochromatic

#6D6339 #95874E #B3A56E #C8BE96 #DDD7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B3A56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#B3A56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A56E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A56E	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)

#B0A26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD9D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.075 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbbf98',
    500: '#b3a56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a56e;
$custom-light: #cbbf98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 31.222,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A56E

secondary

#B0B6CD

accent

#75C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A56E

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

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