#B3AA3D#B3AA3D

#B3AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.129 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA3D
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -10.01, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 56.08, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0324 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.129 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8087, 38.6713, 10.0974)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA3D #3D46B3

analogous

#B36F3D #B3AA3D #81B33D

triadic

#B3AA3D #3DB3AA #AA3DB3

tetradic

#B3AA3D #3DB36F #3D46B3 #B33D81

square

#B3AA3D #3DB36F #3D46B3 #B33D81

split-complementary

#B3AA3D #3D81B3 #6F3DB3

monochromatic

#58531E #857F2D #B3AA3D #CAC263 #D9D491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#B3AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA3D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA3D	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#B8A42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.129 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc378',
    500: '#b3aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa3d;
$custom-light: #cdc378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA3D

secondary

#878CC5

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA3D

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

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