#B3AB32#B3AB32

#B3AB32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB32
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -11.13, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 60.75, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0367 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7304, 38.9411, 8.7566)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB32 #323AB3

analogous

#B36A32 #B3AB32 #7BB332

triadic

#B3AB32 #32B3AB #AB32B3

tetradic

#B3AB32 #32B36A #323AB3 #B3327B

square

#B3AB32 #32B36A #323AB3 #B3327B

split-complementary

#B3AB32 #327BB3 #6A32B3

monochromatic

#535017 #837D25 #B3AB32 #CFC753 #DCD783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B3AB32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB32

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB32	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)

#BAA51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc372',
    500: '#b3ab32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab32;
$custom-light: #cdc372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72643,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB32

secondary

#7B80C6

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB32

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

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