#B3AC2A#B3AC2A

#B3AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC2A
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -12.00, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 63.85, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.04 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7623, 39.2572, 7.9890)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC2A #2A31B3

analogous

#B3672A #B3AC2A #75B32A

triadic

#B3AC2A #2AB3AC #AC2AB3

tetradic

#B3AC2A #2AB367 #2A31B3 #B32A75

square

#B3AC2A #2AB367 #2A31B3 #B32A75

split-complementary

#B3AC2A #2A75B3 #672AB3

monochromatic

#504D13 #817C1E #B3AC2A #D4CC46 #DFDA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B3AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC2A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC2A	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)

#BBA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec46e',
    500: '#b3ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac2a;
$custom-light: #cec46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72811,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC2A

secondary

#7276C7

accent

#4BE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC2A

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

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