#B3A869#B3A869

#B3A869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.084 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A869
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 105)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 41.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -5.21, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 34.34, 98.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.014 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.084 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1436, 38.6100, 18.9631)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A869 #6974B3

analogous

#B38369 #B3A869 #99B369

triadic

#B3A869 #69B3A8 #A869B3

tetradic

#B3A869 #69B383 #6974B3 #B36999

square

#B3A869 #69B383 #6974B3 #B36999

split-complementary

#B3A869 #6999B3 #8369B3

monochromatic

#6B6336 #94894B #B3A869 #C8C092 #DCD7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3A869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B3A869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A869

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A869	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.084 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc195',
    500: '#b3a869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a869;
$custom-light: #cbc195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 32.743,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72637,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A869

secondary

#ADB1CB

accent

#6FC95F

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F1

border

#D2D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A869

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

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