#B3AB33#B3AB33

#B3AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB33
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -11.08, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 60.38, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0365 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.137 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7522, 38.9498, 8.8715)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB33 #333BB3

analogous

#B36B33 #B3AB33 #7BB333

triadic

#B3AB33 #33B3AB #AB33B3

tetradic

#B3AB33 #33B36B #333BB3 #B3337B

square

#B3AB33 #33B36B #333BB3 #B3337B

split-complementary

#B3AB33 #337BB3 #6B33B3

monochromatic

#545018 #837D25 #B3AB33 #CEC755 #DCD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B3AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB33

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB33	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)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc373',
    500: '#b3ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab33;
$custom-light: #cdc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7265,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB33

secondary

#7C81C6

accent

#52DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB33

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

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