#B3A650#B3A650

#B3A650 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.109 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A650
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -6.56, 45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 46.03, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0204 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.109 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6757, 37.4366, 13.0400)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A650 #505DB3

analogous

#B37450 #B3A650 #8EB350

triadic

#B3A650 #50B3A6 #A650B3

tetradic

#B3A650 #50B374 #505DB3 #B3508E

square

#B3A650 #50B374 #505DB3 #B3508E

split-complementary

#B3A650 #508EB3 #7450B3

monochromatic

#5F5829 #8A803C #B3A650 #C6BC7B #D8D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#B3A650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A650

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A650	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)

#B3A248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.109 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc084',
    500: '#b3a650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a650;
$custom-light: #ccc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.121,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A650

secondary

#999FC5

accent

#68CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A650

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

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