#B3AB3C#B3AB3C

#B3AB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.130 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB3C
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 66.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -10.59, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 56.87, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0342 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.13 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9702, 39.0370, 10.0196)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB3C #3C44B3

analogous

#B36F3C #B3AB3C #80B33C

triadic

#B3AB3C #3CB3AB #AB3CB3

tetradic

#B3AB3C #3CB36F #3C44B3 #B33C80

square

#B3AB3C #3CB36F #3C44B3 #B33C80

split-complementary

#B3AB3C #3C80B3 #6F3CB3

monochromatic

#57531D #857F2D #B3AB3C #CAC362 #DAD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B3AB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB3C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB3C	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.130 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc378',
    500: '#b3ab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab3c;
$custom-light: #cdc378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB3C

secondary

#868AC5

accent

#58D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB3C

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

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