#B3AC28#B3AC28

#B3AC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.144 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC28
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -12.08, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 64.49, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0403 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.144 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7274, 39.2432, 7.8052)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC28 #282FB3

analogous

#B36628 #B3AC28 #75B328

triadic

#B3AC28 #28B3AC #AC28B3

tetradic

#B3AC28 #28B366 #282FB3 #B32875

square

#B3AC28 #28B366 #282FB3 #B32875

split-complementary

#B3AC28 #2875B3 #6628B3

monochromatic

#4F4C12 #817C1D #B3AC28 #D5CE43 #E0DB75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B3AC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC28

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC28	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)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.144 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec46e',
    500: '#b3ac28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac28;
$custom-light: #cec46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC28

secondary

#6F74C8

accent

#4AE641

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC28

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

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