#B3AA4A#B3AA4A

#B3AA4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.118 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA4A
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -9.13, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 50.40, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0284 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.118 104)
XYZ	xyz(34.2023, 38.8288, 12.1703)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA4A #4A53B3

analogous

#B3764A #B3AA4A #88B34A

triadic

#B3AA4A #4AB3AA #AA4AB3

tetradic

#B3AA4A #4AB376 #4A53B3 #B34A88

square

#B3AA4A #4AB376 #4A53B3 #B34A88

split-complementary

#B3AA4A #4A88B3 #764AB3

monochromatic

#5C5826 #888138 #B3AA4A #C6BF74 #D8D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B3AA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA4A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA4A	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.118 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc380',
    500: '#b3aa4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa4a;
$custom-light: #ccc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.38828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA4A

secondary

#9499C4

accent

#61D156

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA4A

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

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