#B3AA2D#B3AA2D

#B3AA2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA2D
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -10.84, 61.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 62.17, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.0364 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4402, 38.5239, 8.1565)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA2D #2D36B3

analogous

#B3672D #B3AA2D #79B32D

triadic

#B3AA2D #2DB3AA #AA2DB3

tetradic

#B3AA2D #2DB367 #2D36B3 #B32D79

square

#B3AA2D #2DB367 #2D36B3 #B32D79

split-complementary

#B3AA2D #2D79B3 #672DB3

monochromatic

#514D14 #827C21 #B3AA2D #D2C94B #DED87C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#B3AA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA2D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA2D	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)

#B9A413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc370',
    500: '#b3aa2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa2d;
$custom-light: #cdc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72392,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA2D

secondary

#757BC7

accent

#4FE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA2D

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

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