#B3B656#B3B656

#B3B656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B656
RGB	rgb(179, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 40%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -14.39, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 49.95, 106.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0421 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.12 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9989, 43.7123, 15.2906)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B656 #5956B6

analogous

#B68956 #B3B656 #83B656

triadic

#B3B656 #56B3B6 #B656B3

tetradic

#B3B656 #56B689 #5956B6 #B65683

square

#B3B656 #56B689 #5956B6 #B65683

split-complementary

#B3B656 #5683B6 #8956B6

monochromatic

#64662C #8E903E #B3B656 #C6C881 #D9DBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#B3B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#B3B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B656

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B656	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C2AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cccb88',
    500: '#b3b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b656;
$custom-light: #cccb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75394,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B656

secondary

#A09FC9

accent

#58D05C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B656

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

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