#B3AB2E#B3AB2E

#B3AB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB2E
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -11.31, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 62.17, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0377 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.14 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6479, 38.9081, 8.3218)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB2E #2E36B3

analogous

#B3692E #B3AB2E #79B32E

triadic

#B3AB2E #2EB3AB #AB2EB3

tetradic

#B3AB2E #2EB369 #2E36B3 #B32E79

square

#B3AB2E #2EB369 #2E36B3 #B32E79

split-complementary

#B3AB2E #2E79B3 #692EB3

monochromatic

#524E15 #827C21 #B3AB2E #D1C94D #DED87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB2E

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB2E	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)

#BAA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc370',
    500: '#b3ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab2e;
$custom-light: #cdc370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB2E

secondary

#767BC6

accent

#4FE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB2E

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

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