#B3AA37#B3AA37

#B3AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA37
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -10.35, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.50, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.034 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.133 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6561, 38.6103, 9.2934)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA37 #3740B3

analogous

#B36C37 #B3AA37 #7EB337

triadic

#B3AA37 #37B3AA #AA37B3

tetradic

#B3AA37 #37B36C #3740B3 #B3377E

square

#B3AA37 #37B36C #3740B3 #B3377E

split-complementary

#B3AA37 #377EB3 #6C37B3

monochromatic

#55511A #847E29 #B3AA37 #CDC45B #DBD58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B3AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA37

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA37	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)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc375',
    500: '#b3aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa37;
$custom-light: #cdc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72462,
    "c": 0.13302,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA37

secondary

#8186C5

accent

#56DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA37

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

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