#B3AA41#B3AA41

#B3AA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA41
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -9.76, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 54.40, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.0313 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9205, 38.7160, 10.6862)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA41 #414AB3

analogous

#B37141 #B3AA41 #83B341

triadic

#B3AA41 #41B3AA #AA41B3

tetradic

#B3AA41 #41B371 #414AB3 #B34183

square

#B3AA41 #41B371 #414AB3 #B34183

split-complementary

#B3AA41 #4183B3 #7141B3

monochromatic

#595520 #867F31 #B3AA41 #C8C169 #D9D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#B3AA41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA41

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA41	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)

#B8A434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37b',
    500: '#b3aa41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa41;
$custom-light: #cdc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72548,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA41

secondary

#8B90C4

accent

#5CD651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA41

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

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