#B3AB4E#B3AB4E

#B3AB4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.115 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB4E
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -9.35, 48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 48.95, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0286 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.115 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5296, 39.2607, 12.9655)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB4E #4E56B3

analogous

#B3794E #B3AB4E #88B34E

triadic

#B3AB4E #4EB3AB #AB4EB3

tetradic

#B3AB4E #4EB379 #4E56B3 #B34E88

square

#B3AB4E #4EB379 #4E56B3 #B34E88

split-complementary

#B3AB4E #4E88B3 #794EB3

monochromatic

#5E5A28 #89833B #B3AB4E #C5BF79 #D8D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B3AB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB4E

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB4E	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.115 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc383',
    500: '#b3ab4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab4e;
$custom-light: #ccc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72901,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB4E

secondary

#989BC5

accent

#61D058

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB4E

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

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