#B3A862#B3A862

#B3A862 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A862
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 45.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -5.96, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 37.93, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0167 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7985, 38.4719, 17.1457)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A862 #626DB3

analogous

#B38062 #B3A862 #96B362

triadic

#B3A862 #62B3A8 #A862B3

tetradic

#B3A862 #62B380 #626DB3 #B36296

square

#B3A862 #62B380 #626DB3 #B36296

split-complementary

#B3A862 #6296B3 #8062B3

monochromatic

#686132 #918746 #B3A862 #C7BF8B #DBD6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B3A862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B3A862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A862

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A862	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc190',
    500: '#b3a862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a862;
$custom-light: #cbc190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72524,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A862

secondary

#A7ACCA

accent

#6CCB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7F0

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A862

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

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