#B3AB40#B3AB40

#B3AB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB40
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -10.35, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 55.20, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.033 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.127 105)
XYZ	xyz(34.0800, 39.0809, 10.5977)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB40 #4048B3

analogous

#B37140 #B3AB40 #81B340

triadic

#B3AB40 #40B3AB #AB40B3

tetradic

#B3AB40 #40B371 #4048B3 #B34081

square

#B3AB40 #40B371 #4048B3 #B34081

split-complementary

#B3AB40 #4081B3 #7140B3

monochromatic

#595520 #868030 #B3AB40 #C9C267 #D9D494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#B3AB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB40

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB40	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc37a',
    500: '#b3ab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab40;
$custom-light: #cdc37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72756,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.3908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB40

secondary

#8A8EC4

accent

#5AD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB40

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

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