#B3AA44#B3AA44

#B3AA44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.123 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA44
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -9.56, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 53.09, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0304 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.123 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0097, 38.7517, 11.1561)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA44 #444DB3

analogous

#B37244 #B3AA44 #84B344

triadic

#B3AA44 #44B3AA #AA44B3

tetradic

#B3AA44 #44B372 #444DB3 #B34484

square

#B3AA44 #44B372 #444DB3 #B34484

split-complementary

#B3AA44 #4484B3 #7244B3

monochromatic

#5A5622 #878033 #B3AA44 #C7C06D #D8D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B3AA44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA44

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA44	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)

#B8A438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.123 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37c',
    500: '#b3aa44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa44;
$custom-light: #ccc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA44

secondary

#8E93C4

accent

#5ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA44

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

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