#B3AA3A#B3AA3A

#B3AA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA3A
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -10.18, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 57.31, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0332 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.131 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7302, 38.6399, 9.6837)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA3A #3A43B3

analogous

#B36E3A #B3AA3A #80B33A

triadic

#B3AA3A #3AB3AA #AA3AB3

tetradic

#B3AA3A #3AB36E #3A43B3 #B33A80

square

#B3AA3A #3AB36E #3A43B3 #B33A80

split-complementary

#B3AA3A #3A80B3 #6E3AB3

monochromatic

#57521C #857E2B #B3AA3A #CBC35F #DAD48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#B3AA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B3AA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA3A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA3A	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc376',
    500: '#b3aa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa3a;
$custom-light: #cdc376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72486,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA3A

secondary

#8489C5

accent

#58DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA3A

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

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