#B3A949#B3A949

#B3A949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.118 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A949
RGB	rgb(179, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -8.68, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 50.47, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0273 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.118 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9821, 38.4419, 11.9320)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A949 #4953B3

analogous

#B37449 #B3A949 #88B349

triadic

#B3A949 #49B3A9 #A949B3

tetradic

#B3A949 #49B374 #4953B3 #B34988

square

#B3A949 #49B374 #4953B3 #B34988

split-complementary

#B3A949 #4988B3 #7449B3

monochromatic

#5C5726 #888037 #B3A949 #C6BE73 #D8D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B3A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B3A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A949

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A949	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)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.118 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc27f',
    500: '#b3a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a949;
$custom-light: #ccc27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72412,
    "c": 0.11788,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A949

secondary

#9398C4

accent

#62D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A949

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

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