#B3A751#B3A751

#B3A751 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A751
RGB	rgb(179, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -7.00, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 45.94, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0215 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8954, 37.8165, 13.2968)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A751 #515DB3

analogous

#B37651 #B3A751 #8EB351

triadic

#B3A751 #51B3A7 #A751B3

tetradic

#B3A751 #51B376 #515DB3 #B3518E

square

#B3A751 #51B376 #515DB3 #B3518E

split-complementary

#B3A751 #518EB3 #7651B3

monochromatic

#60592A #8A813C #B3A751 #C6BD7C #D8D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#B3A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#B3A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A751

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A751	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc084',
    500: '#b3a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a751;
$custom-light: #ccc084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72074,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A751

secondary

#9AA0C6

accent

#67CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A751

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

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