#B3AA46#B3AA46

#B3AA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA46
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -9.42, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 52.21, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0297 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.121 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0718, 38.7766, 11.4830)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA46 #464FB3

analogous

#B37446 #B3AA46 #86B346

triadic

#B3AA46 #46B3AA #AA46B3

tetradic

#B3AA46 #46B374 #464FB3 #B34686

square

#B3AA46 #46B374 #464FB3 #B34686

split-complementary

#B3AA46 #4686B3 #7446B3

monochromatic

#5B5624 #878035 #B3AA46 #C7C06F #D8D39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#B3AA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA46

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA46	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)

#B8A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37e',
    500: '#b3aa46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa46;
$custom-light: #ccc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72597,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA46

secondary

#9095C4

accent

#5FD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA46

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

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