#B3A856#B3A856

#B3A856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.105 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A856
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -7.10, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 43.92, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0213 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.105 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2738, 38.2620, 14.3822)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A856 #5661B3

analogous

#B37A56 #B3A856 #90B356

triadic

#B3A856 #56B3A8 #A856B3

tetradic

#B3A856 #56B37A #5661B3 #B35690

square

#B3A856 #56B37A #5661B3 #B35690

split-complementary

#B3A856 #5690B3 #7A56B3

monochromatic

#625C2C #8D833F #B3A856 #C6BE80 #D9D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#B3A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#B3A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A856

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A856	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)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.105 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc188',
    500: '#b3a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a856;
$custom-light: #ccc188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A856

secondary

#9EA3C7

accent

#68CE5A

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A856

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

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