#B3AB48#B3AB48

#B3AB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB48
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -9.80, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 51.70, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0306 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.121 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3242, 39.1786, 11.8838)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB48 #4850B3

analogous

#B37648 #B3AB48 #86B348

triadic

#B3AB48 #48B3AB #AB48B3

tetradic

#B3AB48 #48B376 #4850B3 #B34886

square

#B3AB48 #48B376 #4850B3 #B34886

split-complementary

#B3AB48 #4886B3 #7648B3

monochromatic

#5C5825 #878136 #B3AB48 #C6C072 #D8D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B3AB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB48

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB48	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37f',
    500: '#b3ab48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab48;
$custom-light: #ccc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72835,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB48

secondary

#9296C4

accent

#5FD255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB48

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

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