#B3AB49#B3AB49

#B3AB49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.120 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB49
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, -9.73, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 51.25, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0303 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.12 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3571, 39.1917, 12.0570)
Luminance	0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB49 #4951B3

analogous

#B37649 #B3AB49 #86B349

triadic

#B3AB49 #49B3AB #AB49B3

tetradic

#B3AB49 #49B376 #4951B3 #B34986

square

#B3AB49 #49B376 #4951B3 #B34986

split-complementary

#B3AB49 #4986B3 #7649B3

monochromatic

#5C5826 #888137 #B3AB49 #C6C073 #D8D39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B3AB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB49

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB49	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)

#B9A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.120 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc37f',
    500: '#b3ab49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab49;
$custom-light: #ccc37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB49

secondary

#9397C4

accent

#5FD256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB49

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

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