#B3A656#B3A656

#B3A656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A656
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -6.04, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 43.12, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0182 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9074, 37.5293, 14.2601)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A656 #5663B3

analogous

#B37856 #B3A656 #92B356

triadic

#B3A656 #56B3A6 #A656B3

tetradic

#B3A656 #56B378 #5663B3 #B35692

square

#B3A656 #56B378 #5663B3 #B35692

split-complementary

#B3A656 #5692B3 #7856B3

monochromatic

#625B2C #8D823F #B3A656 #C6BC80 #D9D2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B3A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A656

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A656	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc088',
    500: '#b3a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a656;
$custom-light: #ccc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71924,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A656

secondary

#9EA4C7

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A656

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

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