#B3AB29#B3AB29

#B3AB29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.142 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB29
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -11.52, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 63.83, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0387 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.142 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5550, 38.8709, 7.8327)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB29 #2931B3

analogous

#B36629 #B3AB29 #76B329

triadic

#B3AB29 #29B3AB #AB29B3

tetradic

#B3AB29 #29B366 #2931B3 #B32976

square

#B3AB29 #29B366 #2931B3 #B32976

split-complementary

#B3AB29 #2976B3 #6629B3

monochromatic

#4F4C12 #817B1E #B3AB29 #D4CC45 #E0DA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#B3AB29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB29

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB29	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec36e',
    500: '#b3ab29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab29;
$custom-light: #cec36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 62.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72586,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB29

secondary

#7075C7

accent

#4CE642

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB29

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

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