#B3AB31#B3AB31

#B3AB31 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 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB31
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, -11.18, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 61.11, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.037 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7091, 38.9325, 8.6442)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB31 #3139B3

analogous

#B36A31 #B3AB31 #7AB331

triadic

#B3AB31 #31B3AB #AB31B3

tetradic

#B3AB31 #31B36A #3139B3 #B3317A

square

#B3AB31 #31B36A #3139B3 #B3317A

split-complementary

#B3AB31 #317AB3 #6A31B3

monochromatic

#534F17 #837D24 #B3AB31 #D0C852 #DDD782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B3AB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB31

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB31	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc372',
    500: '#b3ab31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab31;
$custom-light: #cdc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB31

secondary

#7A7FC6

accent

#51E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB31

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

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