#B3AA50#B3AA50

#B3AA50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.112 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AA50
RGB	rgb(179, 170, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -8.67, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 47.61, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0264 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.112 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4142, 38.9135, 13.2861)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AA50 #5059B3

analogous

#B37850 #B3AA50 #8AB350

triadic

#B3AA50 #50B3AA #AA50B3

tetradic

#B3AA50 #50B378 #5059B3 #B3508A

square

#B3AA50 #50B378 #5059B3 #B3508A

split-complementary

#B3AA50 #508AB3 #7850B3

monochromatic

#5F5A29 #8A833C #B3AA50 #C6BF7B #D8D3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AA50

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AA50	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)

#B7A547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3aa50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 170, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.112 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc384',
    500: '#b3aa50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3aa50;
$custom-light: #ccc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3aa50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72708,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AA50

secondary

#999DC5

accent

#63CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AA50

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

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