#B3AB4A#B3AB4A

#B3AB4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.119 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB4A
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -9.66, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 50.80, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0299 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.119 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3905, 39.2051, 12.2330)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB4A #4A52B3

analogous

#B3774A #B3AB4A #86B34A

triadic

#B3AB4A #4AB3AB #AB4AB3

tetradic

#B3AB4A #4AB377 #4A52B3 #B34A86

square

#B3AB4A #4AB377 #4A52B3 #B34A86

split-complementary

#B3AB4A #4A86B3 #774AB3

monochromatic

#5C5826 #888238 #B3AB4A #C6C074 #D8D3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#B3AB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#B3AB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB4A

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB4A	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)

#B9A540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.119 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc380',
    500: '#b3ab4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab4a;
$custom-light: #ccc380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.429,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB4A

secondary

#9498C4

accent

#60D156

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB4A

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

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