#B3AA38#B3AA38

#B3AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.132 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA38
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -10.30, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 58.11, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0338 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6803, 38.6199, 9.4209)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA38 #3841B3

analogous

#B36C38 #B3AA38 #7EB338

triadic

#B3AA38 #38B3AA #AA38B3

tetradic

#B3AA38 #38B36C #3841B3 #B3387E

square

#B3AA38 #38B36C #3841B3 #B3387E

split-complementary

#B3AA38 #387EB3 #6C38B3

monochromatic

#56511B #847E29 #B3AA38 #CCC45C #DBD58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#B3AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA38

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc375',
    500: '#b3aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa38;
$custom-light: #cdc375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7247,
    "c": 0.13232,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA38

secondary

#8287C5

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA38

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

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