#B3AB2A#B3AB2A

#B3AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB2A
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -11.48, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 63.51, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.0385 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5727, 38.8780, 7.9258)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB2A #2A32B3

analogous

#B3662A #B3AB2A #76B32A

triadic

#B3AB2A #2AB3AB #AB2AB3

tetradic

#B3AB2A #2AB366 #2A32B3 #B32A76

square

#B3AB2A #2AB366 #2A32B3 #B32A76

split-complementary

#B3AB2A #2A76B3 #662AB3

monochromatic

#504C13 #817C1E #B3AB2A #D4CB46 #DFD978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB2A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB2A	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)

#BAA50A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec36e',
    500: '#b3ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab2a;
$custom-light: #cec36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB2A

secondary

#7277C7

accent

#4CE543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB2A

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

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