#B3A85A#B3A85A

#B3A85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A85A
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 49.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -6.74, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 41.95, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0198 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.1 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4395, 38.3283, 15.2548)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A85A #5A65B3

analogous

#B37B5A #B3A85A #92B35A

triadic

#B3A85A #5AB3A8 #A85AB3

tetradic

#B3A85A #5AB37B #5A65B3 #B35A92

square

#B3A85A #5AB37B #5A65B3 #B35A92

split-complementary

#B3A85A #5A92B3 #7B5AB3

monochromatic

#645E2E #8E8542 #B3A85A #C6BE84 #DAD4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B3A85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#B3A85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A85A

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A85A	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc18a',
    500: '#b3a85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a85a;
$custom-light: #cbc18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.584,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72407,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A85A

secondary

#A1A6C8

accent

#69CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A85A

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

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