#B3AA1F#B3AA1F

#B3AA1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.146 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA1F
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 82.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -11.35, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 66.40, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.039 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.146 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2139, 38.4334, 6.9649)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA1F #1F28B3

analogous

#B3601F #B3AA1F #72B31F

triadic

#B3AA1F #1FB3AA #AA1FB3

tetradic

#B3AA1F #1FB360 #1F28B3 #B31F72

square

#B3AA1F #1FB360 #1F28B3 #B31F72

split-complementary

#B3AA1F #1F72B3 #601FB3

monochromatic

#4B470D #7F7816 #B3AA1F #DCD233 #E5DD68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#B3AA1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#B3AA1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA1F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA1F	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.146 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26a',
    500: '#b3aa1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa1f;
$custom-light: #cec26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.351,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72318,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA1F

secondary

#646ACA

accent

#45ED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA1F

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

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