#B3AA43#B3AA43

#B3AA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA43
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -9.63, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 53.53, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0307 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9795, 38.7396, 10.9967)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA43 #434CB3

analogous

#B37243 #B3AA43 #84B343

triadic

#B3AA43 #43B3AA #AA43B3

tetradic

#B3AA43 #43B372 #434CB3 #B34384

square

#B3AA43 #43B372 #434CB3 #B34384

split-complementary

#B3AA43 #4384B3 #7243B3

monochromatic

#5A5522 #868032 #B3AA43 #C8C06B #D8D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B3AA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA43

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA43	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)

#B8A437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37c',
    500: '#b3aa43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa43;
$custom-light: #cdc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72567,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA43

secondary

#8D92C4

accent

#5DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA43

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

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