#B3A855#B3A855

#B3A855 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A855
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -7.19, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 44.41, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0216 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2338, 38.2460, 14.1715)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A855 #5560B3

analogous

#B37955 #B3A855 #8FB355

triadic

#B3A855 #55B3A8 #A855B3

tetradic

#B3A855 #55B379 #5560B3 #B3558F

square

#B3A855 #55B379 #5560B3 #B3558F

split-complementary

#B3A855 #558FB3 #7955B3

monochromatic

#625C2C #8C833F #B3A855 #C6BE7F #D9D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B3A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B3A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A855

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A855	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc187',
    500: '#b3a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a855;
$custom-light: #ccc187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.979,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7234,
    "c": 0.10557,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A855

secondary

#9DA2C7

accent

#67CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A855

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

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