#B3A873#B3A873

#B3A873 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.072 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A873
RGB	rgb(179, 168, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 35.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -4.05, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 29.13, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0099 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.072 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6881, 38.8278, 21.8309)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A873 #737EB3

analogous

#B38873 #B3A873 #9EB373

triadic

#B3A873 #73B3A8 #A873B3

tetradic

#B3A873 #73B388 #737EB3 #B3739E

square

#B3A873 #73B388 #737EB3 #B3739E

split-complementary

#B3A873 #739EB3 #8873B3

monochromatic

#6F663C #978B52 #B3A873 #C9C19B #DED9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3A873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B3A873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A873

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A873	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 168, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.072 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cac19c',
    500: '#b3a873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a873;
$custom-light: #cac19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.07216,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A873

secondary

#B4B8CE

accent

#73C662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A873

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

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