#B3AB3A#B3AB3A

#B3AB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.132 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB3A
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -10.71, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 57.68, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0347 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.132 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9183, 39.0162, 9.7464)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB3A #3A42B3

analogous

#B36F3A #B3AB3A #7FB33A

triadic

#B3AB3A #3AB3AB #AB3AB3

tetradic

#B3AB3A #3AB36F #3A42B3 #B33A7F

square

#B3AB3A #3AB36F #3A42B3 #B33A7F

split-complementary

#B3AB3A #3A7FB3 #6F3AB3

monochromatic

#57531C #857F2B #B3AB3A #CBC45F #DAD58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#B3AB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#B3AB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB3A

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB3A	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)

#BAA52A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.132 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc377',
    500: '#b3ab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab3a;
$custom-light: #cdc377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72704,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB3A

secondary

#8488C5

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB3A

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

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