#B3AA2F#B3AA2F

#B3AA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA2F
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -10.75, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 61.47, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.036 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4796, 38.5397, 8.3641)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA2F #2F38B3

analogous

#B3682F #B3AA2F #7AB32F

triadic

#B3AA2F #2FB3AA #AA2FB3

tetradic

#B3AA2F #2FB368 #2F38B3 #B32F7A

square

#B3AA2F #2FB368 #2F38B3 #B32F7A

split-complementary

#B3AA2F #2F7AB3 #682FB3

monochromatic

#524E16 #837C22 #B3AA2F #D1C84F #DDD77F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B3AA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA2F

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA2F	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)

#B9A417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc371',
    500: '#b3aa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa2f;
$custom-light: #cdc371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72405,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA2F

secondary

#787DC6

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA2F

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

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