#B3B299#B3B299

#B3B299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.035 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B299
RGB	rgb(179, 178, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 15%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -4.00, 12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 13.53, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0091 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.035 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2601, 43.7248, 36.4496)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B299 #999AB3

analogous

#B3A599 #B3B299 #A7B399

triadic

#B3B299 #99B3B2 #B299B3

tetradic

#B3B299 #99B3A5 #999AB3 #B399A7

square

#B3B299 #99B3A5 #999AB3 #B399A7

split-complementary

#B3B299 #99A7B3 #A599B3

monochromatic

#787759 #999876 #B3B299 #CDCCBC #E7E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#B3B299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B3B299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B299

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B299	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 178, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.035 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c9b7',
    500: '#b3b299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b299;
$custom-light: #c9c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 14.607,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.03464,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B299

secondary

#CFD0D8

accent

#50994D

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#131311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B299

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

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