#B3AA31#B3AA31

#B3AA31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA31
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, -10.66, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 60.76, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0355 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.137 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.5209, 38.5562, 8.5815)
Luminance	0.3856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA31 #313AB3

analogous

#B36931 #B3AA31 #7BB331

triadic

#B3AA31 #31B3AA #AA31B3

tetradic

#B3AA31 #31B369 #313AB3 #B3317B

square

#B3AA31 #31B369 #313AB3 #B3317B

split-complementary

#B3AA31 #317BB3 #6931B3

monochromatic

#534F17 #837C24 #B3AA31 #D0C752 #DDD682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B3AA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA31

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA31	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)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc372',
    500: '#b3aa31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa31;
$custom-light: #cdc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.38555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA31

secondary

#7A7FC6

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA31

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

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