#B3AC2D#B3AC2D

#B3AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC2D
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -11.88, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 62.86, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0393 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8180, 39.2795, 8.2824)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC2D #2D34B3

analogous

#B3692D #B3AC2D #77B32D

triadic

#B3AC2D #2DB3AC #AC2DB3

tetradic

#B3AC2D #2DB369 #2D34B3 #B32D77

square

#B3AC2D #2DB369 #2D34B3 #B32D77

split-complementary

#B3AC2D #2D77B3 #692DB3

monochromatic

#514E14 #827D21 #B3AC2D #D2CB4B #DED97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B3AC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC2D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC2D	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)

#BBA512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc470',
    500: '#b3ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac2d;
$custom-light: #cdc470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC2D

secondary

#7579C7

accent

#4DE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC2D

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

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