#B3AB34#B3AB34

#B3AB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB34
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -11.03, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 60.01, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0363 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7745, 38.9587, 8.9888)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB34 #343CB3

analogous

#B36B34 #B3AB34 #7CB334

triadic

#B3AB34 #34B3AB #AB34B3

tetradic

#B3AB34 #34B36B #343CB3 #B3347C

square

#B3AB34 #34B36B #343CB3 #B3347C

split-complementary

#B3AB34 #347CB3 #6B34B3

monochromatic

#545018 #847E26 #B3AB34 #CEC656 #DCD686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#B3AB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB34

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB34	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)

#BAA520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc373',
    500: '#b3ab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab34;
$custom-light: #cdc373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB34

secondary

#7D82C5

accent

#53DE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB34

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

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