#B3AA3E#B3AA3E

#B3AA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA3E
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -9.95, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 55.67, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0321 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.8359, 38.6822, 10.2406)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA3E #3E47B3

analogous

#B3703E #B3AA3E #81B33E

triadic

#B3AA3E #3EB3AA #AA3EB3

tetradic

#B3AA3E #3EB370 #3E47B3 #B33E81

square

#B3AA3E #3EB370 #3E47B3 #B33E81

split-complementary

#B3AA3E #3E81B3 #703EB3

monochromatic

#58541F #867F2E #B3AA3E #CAC265 #D9D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B3AA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA3E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA3E	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc379',
    500: '#b3aa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa3e;
$custom-light: #cdc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA3E

secondary

#888DC5

accent

#5AD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA3E

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

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