#B3AB44#B3AB44

#B3AB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB44
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -10.08, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 53.48, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0319 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1979, 39.1281, 11.2188)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB44 #444CB3

analogous

#B37344 #B3AB44 #83B344

triadic

#B3AB44 #44B3AB #AB44B3

tetradic

#B3AB44 #44B373 #444CB3 #B34483

square

#B3AB44 #44B373 #444CB3 #B34483

split-complementary

#B3AB44 #4483B3 #7344B3

monochromatic

#5A5622 #878133 #B3AB44 #C7C16D #D8D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B3AB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB44

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB44	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37c',
    500: '#b3ab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab44;
$custom-light: #ccc37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72794,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB44

secondary

#8E92C4

accent

#5CD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB44

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

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