#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
RGBrgb(179, 170, 80)
HSLhsl(55, 39%, 51%)
HSVhsv(55, 55%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.69, -8.67, 46.82)
CIE-LCHlch(68.69, 47.61, 100.49°)
OKLaboklab(72.71% -0.0264 0.1093)
OKLCHoklch(72.71% 0.112 103.6)
XYZxyz(34.4142, 38.9135, 13.2861)
Luminance0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B3AA501.002.398.788.78
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7821.001.001.00
##0000008.7821.001.001.00

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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#B3AA50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva