#B3AC31#B3AC31

#B3AC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC31
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -11.69, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 61.47, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0384 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.139 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8987, 39.3117, 8.7074)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC31 #3138B3

analogous

#B36B31 #B3AC31 #79B331

triadic

#B3AC31 #31B3AC #AC31B3

tetradic

#B3AC31 #31B36B #3138B3 #B33179

square

#B3AC31 #31B36B #3138B3 #B33179

split-complementary

#B3AC31 #3179B3 #6B31B3

monochromatic

#535017 #837E24 #B3AC31 #D0C952 #DDD882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#B3AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC31

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC31	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)

#BBA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc472',
    500: '#b3ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac31;
$custom-light: #cdc472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72854,
    "c": 0.1388,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC31

secondary

#7A7EC6

accent

#50E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC31

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

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