#B3B256#B3B256

#B3B256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B256
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 52%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -12.33, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.16, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0362 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1914, 42.0973, 15.0214)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B256 #5657B3

analogous

#B38456 #B3B256 #86B356

triadic

#B3B256 #56B3B2 #B256B3

tetradic

#B3B256 #56B384 #5657B3 #B35686

square

#B3B256 #56B384 #5657B3 #B35686

split-complementary

#B3B256 #5686B3 #8456B3

monochromatic

#62622C #8D8C3F #B3B256 #C6C580 #D9D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#B3B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#B3B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B256

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B256	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc888',
    500: '#b3b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b256;
$custom-light: #ccc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.355,
    "s": 37.959,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74519,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B256

secondary

#9E9EC7

accent

#5BCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B256

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

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