#B3AA4E#B3AA4E

#B3AA4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.114 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA4E
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -8.83, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 48.55, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0271 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.114 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3414, 38.8844, 12.9027)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA4E #4E57B3

analogous

#B3774E #B3AA4E #8AB34E

triadic

#B3AA4E #4EB3AA #AA4EB3

tetradic

#B3AA4E #4EB377 #4E57B3 #B34E8A

square

#B3AA4E #4EB377 #4E57B3 #B34E8A

split-complementary

#B3AA4E #4E8AB3 #774EB3

monochromatic

#5E5928 #89823B #B3AA4E #C5BF79 #D8D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA4E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA4E	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.114 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc383',
    500: '#b3aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa4e;
$custom-light: #ccc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.11434,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA4E

secondary

#989CC5

accent

#63D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA4E

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

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