#B3AC33#B3AC33

#B3AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.138 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC33
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -11.60, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 60.74, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.038 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.138 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.9418, 39.3290, 8.9347)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC33 #333AB3

analogous

#B36C33 #B3AC33 #7AB333

triadic

#B3AC33 #33B3AC #AC33B3

tetradic

#B3AC33 #33B36C #333AB3 #B3337A

square

#B3AC33 #33B36C #333AB3 #B3337A

split-complementary

#B3AC33 #337AB3 #6C33B3

monochromatic

#545018 #837E25 #B3AC33 #CEC855 #DCD784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B3AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC33

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC33	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.138 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc473',
    500: '#b3ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac33;
$custom-light: #cdc473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72868,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC33

secondary

#7C80C6

accent

#51DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC33

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

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