#B3A662#B3A662

#B3A662 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.090 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A662
RGB	rgb(179, 166, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -4.89, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 37.11, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0137 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.09 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4321, 37.7391, 17.0235)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A662 #626FB3

analogous

#B37E62 #B3A662 #98B362

triadic

#B3A662 #62B3A6 #A662B3

tetradic

#B3A662 #62B37E #626FB3 #B36298

square

#B3A662 #62B37E #626FB3 #B36298

split-complementary

#B3A662 #6298B3 #7E62B3

monochromatic

#686032 #918546 #B3A662 #C7BD8B #DBD5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#B3A662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#B3A662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A662

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A662	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 166, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.090 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc090',
    500: '#b3a662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a662;
$custom-light: #cbc090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.37,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A662

secondary

#A7ADCA

accent

#6FCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A662

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

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