#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
RGB	rgb(179, 180, 152)
HSL	hsl(62, 16%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 16%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -5.22, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 15.13, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0126 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.039 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.5786, 44.4935, 36.1501)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##B3B498	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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