#B3AA48#B3AA48

#B3AA48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.120 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA48
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -9.28, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 51.31, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0291 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.12 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1360, 38.8022, 11.8211)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA48 #4851B3

analogous

#B37548 #B3AA48 #87B348

triadic

#B3AA48 #48B3AA #AA48B3

tetradic

#B3AA48 #48B375 #4851B3 #B34887

square

#B3AA48 #48B375 #4851B3 #B34887

split-complementary

#B3AA48 #4887B3 #7548B3

monochromatic

#5C5725 #878136 #B3AA48 #C6BF72 #D8D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B3AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA48

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA48	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.120 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37f',
    500: '#b3aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa48;
$custom-light: #ccc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA48

secondary

#9297C4

accent

#60D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA48

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

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