#B3AA42#B3AA42

#B3AA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA42
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -9.69, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 53.97, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.031 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.125 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9497, 38.7277, 10.8401)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA42 #424BB3

analogous

#B37142 #B3AA42 #83B342

triadic

#B3AA42 #42B3AA #AA42B3

tetradic

#B3AA42 #42B371 #424BB3 #B34283

square

#B3AA42 #42B371 #424BB3 #B34283

split-complementary

#B3AA42 #4283B3 #7142B3

monochromatic

#5A5521 #868032 #B3AA42 #C8C16A #D9D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B3AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA42

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA42	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37b',
    500: '#b3aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa42;
$custom-light: #cdc37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72557,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA42

secondary

#8C91C4

accent

#5DD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA42

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

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