#B3AB45#B3AB45

#B3AB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.123 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB45
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -10.01, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 53.04, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0315 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.123 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2287, 39.1404, 11.3809)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB45 #454DB3

analogous

#B37445 #B3AB45 #84B345

triadic

#B3AB45 #45B3AB #AB45B3

tetradic

#B3AB45 #45B374 #454DB3 #B34584

square

#B3AB45 #45B374 #454DB3 #B34584

split-complementary

#B3AB45 #4584B3 #7445B3

monochromatic

#5B5723 #878134 #B3AB45 #C7C16E #D8D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B3AB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB45

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB45	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)

#B9A539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.123 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37d',
    500: '#b3ab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab45;
$custom-light: #ccc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB45

secondary

#8F93C4

accent

#5DD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB45

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

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