#B3AA36#B3AA36

#B3AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA36
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -10.40, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 58.89, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0343 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6323, 38.6008, 9.1684)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA36 #363FB3

analogous

#B36B36 #B3AA36 #7DB336

triadic

#B3AA36 #36B3AA #AA36B3

tetradic

#B3AA36 #36B36B #363FB3 #B3367D

square

#B3AA36 #36B36B #363FB3 #B3367D

split-complementary

#B3AA36 #367DB3 #6B36B3

monochromatic

#55511A #847D28 #B3AA36 #CDC559 #DBD588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B3AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA36

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA36	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)

#B9A424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc374',
    500: '#b3aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa36;
$custom-light: #cdc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72454,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA36

secondary

#8085C5

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA36

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

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