#B3AA33#B3AA33

#B3AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA33
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -10.56, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 60.02, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.035 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(33.5640, 38.5735, 8.8088)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA33 #333CB3

analogous

#B36A33 #B3AA33 #7CB333

triadic

#B3AA33 #33B3AA #AA33B3

tetradic

#B3AA33 #33B36A #333CB3 #B3337C

square

#B3AA33 #33B36A #333CB3 #B3337C

split-complementary

#B3AA33 #337CB3 #6A33B3

monochromatic

#545018 #837D25 #B3AA33 #CEC655 #DCD684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#B3AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA33

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA33	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)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc373',
    500: '#b3aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa33;
$custom-light: #cdc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.38572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA33

secondary

#7C81C6

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA33

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

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