#B3AC35#B3AC35

#B3AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC35
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -11.50, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 59.99, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0375 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(33.9869, 39.3470, 9.1719)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC35 #353CB3

analogous

#B36D35 #B3AC35 #7BB335

triadic

#B3AC35 #35B3AC #AC35B3

tetradic

#B3AC35 #35B36D #353CB3 #B3357B

square

#B3AC35 #35B36D #353CB3 #B3357B

split-complementary

#B3AC35 #357BB3 #6D35B3

monochromatic

#555119 #847F27 #B3AC35 #CDC758 #DBD787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B3AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC35

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC35	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)

#BBA622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc474',
    500: '#b3ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac35;
$custom-light: #cdc474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72883,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC35

secondary

#7F82C5

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC35

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →