#B3B153#B3B153

#B3B153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.117 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B153
RGB	rgb(179, 177, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -12.07, 47.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 49.13, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0358 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.117 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8748, 41.6535, 14.3321)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B153 #5355B3

analogous

#B38153 #B3B153 #85B353

triadic

#B3B153 #53B3B1 #B153B3

tetradic

#B3B153 #53B381 #5355B3 #B35385

square

#B3B153 #53B381 #5355B3 #B35385

split-complementary

#B3B153 #5385B3 #8153B3

monochromatic

#61602B #8B8A3E #B3B153 #C6C47D #D9D7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#B3B153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#B3B153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B153

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B153	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 177, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.117 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc886',
    500: '#b3b153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b153;
$custom-light: #ccc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74264,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B153

secondary

#9C9DC6

accent

#5CCF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B153

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

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