#B3AB30#B3AB30

#B3AB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB30
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -11.22, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 61.47, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0372 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6882, 38.9242, 8.5343)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB30 #3038B3

analogous

#B36A30 #B3AB30 #7AB330

triadic

#B3AB30 #30B3AB #AB30B3

tetradic

#B3AB30 #30B36A #3038B3 #B3307A

square

#B3AB30 #30B36A #3038B3 #B3307A

split-complementary

#B3AB30 #307AB3 #6A30B3

monochromatic

#524F16 #837D23 #B3AB30 #D0C850 #DDD780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#B3AB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB30

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB30	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)

#BAA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc371',
    500: '#b3ab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab30;
$custom-light: #cdc371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72629,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB30

secondary

#797DC6

accent

#50E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB30

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

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