#B3B978#B3B978

#B3B978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.086 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3B978
RGB	rgb(179, 185, 120)
HSL	hsl(66, 32%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 35.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -12.37, 32.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 34.62, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0334 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.086 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3297, 45.6382, 24.5028)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3B978 #7E78B9

analogous

#B99E78 #B3B978 #93B978

triadic

#B3B978 #78B3B9 #B978B3

tetradic

#B3B978 #78B99E #7E78B9 #B97893

square

#B3B978 #78B99E #7E78B9 #B97893

split-complementary

#B3B978 #7893B9 #9E78B9

monochromatic

#73783E #99A153 #B3B978 #CACEA0 #E0E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#B3B978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#B3B978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3B978

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3B978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3B978	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3b978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 185, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.086 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cace9f',
    500: '#b3b978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3b978;
$custom-light: #cace9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3b978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.538,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76556,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3B978

secondary

#BCBAD3

accent

#60C86A

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#13130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3B978

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

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