#B3AA3F#B3AA3F

#B3AA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA3F
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -9.89, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 55.25, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0319 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8636, 38.6933, 10.3864)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA3F #3F48B3

analogous

#B3703F #B3AA3F #82B33F

triadic

#B3AA3F #3FB3AA #AA3FB3

tetradic

#B3AA3F #3FB370 #3F48B3 #B33F82

square

#B3AA3F #3FB370 #3F48B3 #B33F82

split-complementary

#B3AA3F #3F82B3 #703FB3

monochromatic

#58541F #867F2F #B3AA3F #C9C166 #D9D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B3AA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA3F

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA3F	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)

#B8A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc379',
    500: '#b3aa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa3f;
$custom-light: #cdc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 47.934,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA3F

secondary

#898EC4

accent

#5BD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA3F

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

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