#B3B498#B3B498

#B3B498 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.039 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3B498
RGBrgb(179, 180, 152)
HSLhsl(62, 16%, 65%)
HSVhsv(62, 16%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.56, -5.22, 14.20)
CIE-LCHlch(72.56, 15.13, 110.19°)
OKLaboklab(76.16% -0.0126 0.0366)
OKLCHoklch(76.16% 0.039 109)
XYZxyz(40.5786, 44.4935, 36.1501)
Luminance0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3B498 #9998B4
analogous
#B4A798 #B3B498 #A5B498
triadic
#B3B498 #98B3B4 #B498B3
tetradic
#B3B498 #98B4A7 #9998B4 #B498A5
square
#B3B498 #98B4A7 #9998B4 #B498A5
split-complementary
#B3B498 #98A5B4 #A798B4
monochromatic
#787958 #999A75 #B3B498 #CDCEBB #E7E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#B3B498 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90
#B3B498 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B498
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3B498#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3B4981.002.129.909.90
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9021.001.001.00
##0000009.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9B196
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9B399
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7B0AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3b498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 180, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.039 109.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cacab6',
    500: '#b3b498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3b498;
$custom-light: #cacab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3b498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 15.73,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76156,
    "c": 0.03868,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.44493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3B498
secondary
#CFCFD9
accent
#4C9A4E
background
#FCFCFB
surface
#F8F8F6
border
#D1D1D0
text
#131311
muted
#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B498

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#B3B498 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva