#B3AA45#B3AA45

#B3AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA45
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -9.49, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 52.65, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.03 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0405, 38.7640, 11.3182)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA45 #454EB3

analogous

#B37345 #B3AA45 #85B345

triadic

#B3AA45 #45B3AA #AA45B3

tetradic

#B3AA45 #45B373 #454EB3 #B34585

square

#B3AA45 #45B373 #454EB3 #B34585

split-complementary

#B3AA45 #4585B3 #7345B3

monochromatic

#5B5623 #878034 #B3AA45 #C7C06E #D8D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B3AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA45

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA45	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)

#B8A439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37d',
    500: '#b3aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa45;
$custom-light: #ccc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72587,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA45

secondary

#8F94C4

accent

#5ED454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA45

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

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