#B3AB2B#B3AB2B

#B3AB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB2B
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -11.44, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 63.18, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0383 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.141 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5908, 38.8852, 8.0212)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB2B #2B33B3

analogous

#B3672B #B3AB2B #77B32B

triadic

#B3AB2B #2BB3AB #AB2BB3

tetradic

#B3AB2B #2BB367 #2B33B3 #B32B77

square

#B3AB2B #2BB367 #2B33B3 #B32B77

split-complementary

#B3AB2B #2B77B3 #672BB3

monochromatic

#504D13 #827C1F #B3AB2B #D3CB48 #DFD979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB2B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB2B	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)

#BAA50D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C19F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec36f',
    500: '#b3ab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab2b;
$custom-light: #cec36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB2B

secondary

#7378C7

accent

#4DE443

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB2B

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

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