#B3AB20#B3AB20

#B3AB20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB20
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -11.84, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 66.46, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0403 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.147 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.4155, 38.8151, 7.0981)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB20 #2028B3

analogous

#B36220 #B3AB20 #72B320

triadic

#B3AB20 #20B3AB #AB20B3

tetradic

#B3AB20 #20B362 #2028B3 #B32072

square

#B3AB20 #20B362 #2028B3 #B32072

split-complementary

#B3AB20 #2072B3 #6220B3

monochromatic

#4B480D #7F7917 #B3AB20 #DBD235 #E4DE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#B3AB20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#B3AB20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB20

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB20	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)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec36a',
    500: '#b3ab20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab20;
$custom-light: #cec36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB20

secondary

#656ACA

accent

#45EC3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF7EC

border

#D3D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB20

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

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