#B3A86E#B3A86E

#B3A86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.078 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A86E
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 31%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 39%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 38.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -4.65, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 31.75, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0119 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.078 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4081, 38.7158, 20.3565)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A86E #6E79B3

analogous

#B3866E #B3A86E #9CB36E

triadic

#B3A86E #6EB3A8 #A86EB3

tetradic

#B3A86E #6EB386 #6E79B3 #B36E9C

square

#B3A86E #6EB386 #6E79B3 #B36E9C

split-complementary

#B3A86E #6E9CB3 #866EB3

monochromatic

#6D6539 #958A4E #B3A86E #C8C096 #DDD8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3A86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B3A86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A86E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A86E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDA099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.078 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbc198',
    500: '#b3a86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a86e;
$custom-light: #cbc198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 31.222,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72723,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A86E

secondary

#B0B5CD

accent

#71C760

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F7F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A86E

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

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