#B3AC37#B3AC37

#B3AC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC37
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, -11.39, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 59.23, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.037 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.135 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0338, 39.3658, 9.4193)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC37 #373EB3

analogous

#B36E37 #B3AC37 #7CB337

triadic

#B3AC37 #37B3AC #AC37B3

tetradic

#B3AC37 #37B36E #373EB3 #B3377C

square

#B3AC37 #37B36E #373EB3 #B3377C

split-complementary

#B3AC37 #377CB3 #6E37B3

monochromatic

#55521A #847F29 #B3AC37 #CDC65B #DBD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#B3AC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC37

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC37	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)

#BBA625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc475',
    500: '#b3ac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac37;
$custom-light: #cdc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC37

secondary

#8185C5

accent

#54DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC37

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

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