#B3AA34#B3AA34

#B3AA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA34
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -10.51, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 59.65, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0348 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5863, 38.5824, 8.9261)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA34 #343DB3

analogous

#B36A34 #B3AA34 #7CB334

triadic

#B3AA34 #34B3AA #AA34B3

tetradic

#B3AA34 #34B36A #343DB3 #B3347C

square

#B3AA34 #34B36A #343DB3 #B3347C

split-complementary

#B3AA34 #347CB3 #6A34B3

monochromatic

#545018 #847D26 #B3AA34 #CEC556 #DCD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B3AA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA34

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA34	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc373',
    500: '#b3aa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa34;
$custom-light: #cdc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA34

secondary

#7D82C5

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA34

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

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