#B3AB46#B3AB46

#B3AB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.122 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB46
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -9.95, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 52.60, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0312 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.122 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2600, 39.1529, 11.5458)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB46 #464EB3

analogous

#B37546 #B3AB46 #85B346

triadic

#B3AB46 #46B3AB #AB46B3

tetradic

#B3AB46 #46B375 #464EB3 #B34685

square

#B3AB46 #46B375 #464EB3 #B34685

split-complementary

#B3AB46 #4685B3 #7546B3

monochromatic

#5B5724 #878135 #B3AB46 #C7C06F #D8D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#B3AB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB46

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB46	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)

#B9A53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.122 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37e',
    500: '#b3ab46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab46;
$custom-light: #ccc37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72814,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB46

secondary

#9094C4

accent

#5ED454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB46

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

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