#B3AB3E#B3AB3E

#B3AB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB3E
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -10.47, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 56.04, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0336 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.129 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0241, 39.0585, 10.3033)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB3E #3E46B3

analogous

#B3703E #B3AB3E #81B33E

triadic

#B3AB3E #3EB3AB #AB3EB3

tetradic

#B3AB3E #3EB370 #3E46B3 #B33E81

square

#B3AB3E #3EB370 #3E46B3 #B33E81

split-complementary

#B3AB3E #3E81B3 #703EB3

monochromatic

#58541F #86802E #B3AB3E #CAC365 #D9D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#B3AB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB3E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB3E	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)

#B9A530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc379',
    500: '#b3ab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab3e;
$custom-light: #cdc379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72738,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB3E

secondary

#888CC5

accent

#59D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF7EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB3E

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

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