#B3AA2A#B3AA2A

#B3AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA2A
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -10.96, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 63.17, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.037 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3845, 38.5016, 7.8631)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA2A #2A33B3

analogous

#B3652A #B3AA2A #77B32A

triadic

#B3AA2A #2AB3AA #AA2AB3

tetradic

#B3AA2A #2AB365 #2A33B3 #B32A77

square

#B3AA2A #2AB365 #2A33B3 #B32A77

split-complementary

#B3AA2A #2A77B3 #652AB3

monochromatic

#504C13 #817B1E #B3AA2A #D4CA46 #DFD978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B3AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA2A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA2A	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)

#B9A40B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec26e',
    500: '#b3aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa2a;
$custom-light: #cec26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA2A

secondary

#7277C7

accent

#4DE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA2A

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

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