#B3AA28#B3AA28

#B3AA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA28
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -11.04, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 63.81, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0374 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.142 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3496, 38.4877, 7.6792)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA28 #2831B3

analogous

#B36428 #B3AA28 #76B328

triadic

#B3AA28 #28B3AA #AA28B3

tetradic

#B3AA28 #28B364 #2831B3 #B32876

square

#B3AA28 #28B364 #2831B3 #B32876

split-complementary

#B3AA28 #2876B3 #6428B3

monochromatic

#4F4B12 #817A1D #B3AA28 #D5CC43 #E0D975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B3AA28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA28

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA28	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26d',
    500: '#b3aa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa28;
$custom-light: #cec26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72362,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA28

secondary

#6F75C8

accent

#4CE641

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA28

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

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