#B3AC2B#B3AC2B

#B3AC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.142 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC2B
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -11.96, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 63.53, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0398 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.142 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7804, 39.2644, 8.0844)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC2B #2B32B3

analogous

#B3682B #B3AC2B #76B32B

triadic

#B3AC2B #2BB3AC #AC2BB3

tetradic

#B3AC2B #2BB368 #2B32B3 #B32B76

square

#B3AC2B #2BB368 #2B32B3 #B32B76

split-complementary

#B3AC2B #2B76B3 #682BB3

monochromatic

#504D13 #827D1F #B3AC2B #D3CC48 #DFDA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#B3AC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC2B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC2B	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)

#BBA50C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.142 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc46f',
    500: '#b3ac2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac2b;
$custom-light: #cdc46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72816,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC2B

secondary

#7377C7

accent

#4CE443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC2B

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

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