#B3A950#B3A950

#B3A950 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3A950
RGB	rgb(179, 169, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -8.14, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 47.21, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0249 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2274, 38.5400, 13.2239)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3A950 #505AB3

analogous

#B37750 #B3A950 #8BB350

triadic

#B3A950 #50B3A9 #A950B3

tetradic

#B3A950 #50B377 #505AB3 #B3508B

square

#B3A950 #50B377 #505AB3 #B3508B

split-complementary

#B3A950 #508BB3 #7750B3

monochromatic

#5F5A29 #8A823C #B3A950 #C6BE7B #D8D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3A950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B3A950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3A950

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3A950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3A950	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3a950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 169, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc284',
    500: '#b3a950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3a950;
$custom-light: #ccc284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3a950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.11145,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3A950

secondary

#999EC5

accent

#64CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3A950

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

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