#B3AB36#B3AB36

#B3AB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB36
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -10.93, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 59.25, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0358 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8205, 38.9771, 9.2311)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB36 #363EB3

analogous

#B36C36 #B3AB36 #7CB336

triadic

#B3AB36 #36B3AB #AB36B3

tetradic

#B3AB36 #36B36C #363EB3 #B3367C

square

#B3AB36 #36B36C #363EB3 #B3367C

split-complementary

#B3AB36 #367CB3 #6C36B3

monochromatic

#55511A #847E28 #B3AB36 #CDC659 #DBD688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B3AB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB36

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB36	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc374',
    500: '#b3ab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab36;
$custom-light: #cdc374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72672,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB36

secondary

#8084C5

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB36

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

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