#B3AA49#B3AA49

#B3AA49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.119 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA49
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -9.21, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 50.86, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0288 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.119 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.1689, 38.8154, 11.9943)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA49 #4952B3

analogous

#B37549 #B3AA49 #87B349

triadic

#B3AA49 #49B3AA #AA49B3

tetradic

#B3AA49 #49B375 #4952B3 #B34987

square

#B3AA49 #49B375 #4952B3 #B34987

split-complementary

#B3AA49 #4987B3 #7549B3

monochromatic

#5C5726 #888137 #B3AA49 #C6BF73 #D8D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B3AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA49

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA49	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)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.119 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37f',
    500: '#b3aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa49;
$custom-light: #ccc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.906,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA49

secondary

#9398C4

accent

#60D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA49

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

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