#B3AB1D#B3AB1D

#B3AB1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB1D
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -11.93, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 67.23, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0408 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.148 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.3766, 38.7995, 6.8931)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB1D #1D25B3

analogous

#B3601D #B3AB1D #70B31D

triadic

#B3AB1D #1DB3AB #AB1DB3

tetradic

#B3AB1D #1DB360 #1D25B3 #B31D70

square

#B3AB1D #1DB360 #1D25B3 #B31D70

split-complementary

#B3AB1D #1D70B3 #601DB3

monochromatic

#4A460C #7E7914 #B3AB1D #DDD430 #E6DF64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AB1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B3AB1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB1D

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB1D	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)

#BBA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec369',
    500: '#b3ab1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab1d;
$custom-light: #cec369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB1D

secondary

#6167CB

accent

#43EF39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB1D

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

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