#B3A653#B3A653

#B3A653 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.106 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A653
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -6.30, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 44.59, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0193 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7890, 37.4819, 13.6368)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A653 #5360B3

analogous

#B37653 #B3A653 #90B353

triadic

#B3A653 #53B3A6 #A653B3

tetradic

#B3A653 #53B376 #5360B3 #B35390

square

#B3A653 #53B376 #5360B3 #B35390

split-complementary

#B3A653 #5390B3 #7653B3

monochromatic

#615A2B #8B813E #B3A653 #C6BC7D #D9D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#B3A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A653

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A653	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.106 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc086',
    500: '#b3a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a653;
$custom-light: #ccc086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A653

secondary

#9CA1C6

accent

#69CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A653

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

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