#B3AA2E#B3AA2E

#B3AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA2E
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -10.79, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 61.82, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0362 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4597, 38.5317, 8.2591)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA2E #2E37B3

analogous

#B3682E #B3AA2E #7AB32E

triadic

#B3AA2E #2EB3AA #AA2EB3

tetradic

#B3AA2E #2EB368 #2E37B3 #B32E7A

square

#B3AA2E #2EB368 #2E37B3 #B32E7A

split-complementary

#B3AA2E #2E7AB3 #682EB3

monochromatic

#524E15 #827C21 #B3AA2E #D1C84D #DED77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B3AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA2E

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA2E	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc370',
    500: '#b3aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa2e;
$custom-light: #cdc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA2E

secondary

#767CC6

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA2E

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

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