#B3AC2E#B3AC2E

#B3AC2E 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	#B3AC2E
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -11.83, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 62.52, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0391 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8375, 39.2873, 8.3850)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC2E #2E35B3

analogous

#B36A2E #B3AC2E #78B32E

triadic

#B3AC2E #2EB3AC #AC2EB3

tetradic

#B3AC2E #2EB36A #2E35B3 #B32E78

square

#B3AC2E #2EB36A #2E35B3 #B32E78

split-complementary

#B3AC2E #2E78B3 #6A2EB3

monochromatic

#524E15 #827D21 #B3AC2E #D1CA4D #DED97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B3AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC2E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC2E	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)

#BBA514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc470',
    500: '#b3ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac2e;
$custom-light: #cdc470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72835,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC2E

secondary

#767BC6

accent

#4EE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC2E

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

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