#B3AA40#B3AA40

#B3AA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA40
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -9.82, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 54.82, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0316 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.126 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8918, 38.7046, 10.5350)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA40 #4049B3

analogous

#B37040 #B3AA40 #83B340

triadic

#B3AA40 #40B3AA #AA40B3

tetradic

#B3AA40 #40B370 #4049B3 #B34083

square

#B3AA40 #40B370 #4049B3 #B34083

split-complementary

#B3AA40 #4083B3 #7040B3

monochromatic

#595420 #867F30 #B3AA40 #C9C167 #D9D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B3AA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA40

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA40	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37a',
    500: '#b3aa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa40;
$custom-light: #cdc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72539,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA40

secondary

#8A8FC4

accent

#5BD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA40

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

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