#B3A657#B3A657

#B3A657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A657
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -5.95, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 42.63, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0179 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.102 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9480, 37.5455, 14.4738)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A657 #5764B3

analogous

#B37857 #B3A657 #92B357

triadic

#B3A657 #57B3A6 #A657B3

tetradic

#B3A657 #57B378 #5764B3 #B35792

square

#B3A657 #57B378 #5764B3 #B35792

split-complementary

#B3A657 #5792B3 #7857B3

monochromatic

#635B2D #8D8240 #B3A657 #C6BC81 #D9D3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#B3A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#B3A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A657

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A657	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)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc088',
    500: '#b3a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a657;
$custom-light: #ccc088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.10159,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A657

secondary

#9FA4C7

accent

#6ACE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A657

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

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