#B3AB51#B3AB51

#B3AB51 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	#B3AB51
RGB	rgb(179, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 54.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -9.11, 46.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 47.54, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0276 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.113 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6396, 39.3047, 13.5449)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AB51 #5159B3

analogous

#B37A51 #B3AB51 #8AB351

triadic

#B3AB51 #51B3AB #AB51B3

tetradic

#B3AB51 #51B37A #5159B3 #B3518A

square

#B3AB51 #51B37A #5159B3 #B3518A

split-complementary

#B3AB51 #518AB3 #7A51B3

monochromatic

#605B2A #8A843C #B3AB51 #C6C07C #D8D4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B3AB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AB51

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AB51	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)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc385',
    500: '#b3ab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ab51;
$custom-light: #ccc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72936,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AB51

secondary

#9A9EC6

accent

#62CF59

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F9F7EF

border

#D2D0CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AB51

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

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