#B3AB50#B3AB50

#B3AB50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AB50
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -9.19, 47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 48.02, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0279 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6024, 39.2899, 13.3488)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB50 #5058B3

analogous

#B37950 #B3AB50 #89B350

triadic

#B3AB50 #50B3AB #AB50B3

tetradic

#B3AB50 #50B379 #5058B3 #B35089

square

#B3AB50 #50B379 #5058B3 #B35089

split-complementary

#B3AB50 #5089B3 #7950B3

monochromatic

#5F5B29 #8A843C #B3AB50 #C6BF7B #D8D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B3AB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB50

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB50	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc384',
    500: '#b3ab50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab50;
$custom-light: #ccc384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72924,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB50

secondary

#999DC5

accent

#62CF58

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB50

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

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