#B3AC3A#B3AC3A

#B3AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC3A
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -11.23, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 58.05, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0362 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.133 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1079, 39.3955, 9.8096)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC3A #3A41B3

analogous

#B3703A #B3AC3A #7EB33A

triadic

#B3AC3A #3AB3AC #AC3AB3

tetradic

#B3AC3A #3AB370 #3A41B3 #B33A7E

square

#B3AC3A #3AB370 #3A41B3 #B33A7E

split-complementary

#B3AC3A #3A7EB3 #703AB3

monochromatic

#57531C #85802B #B3AC3A #CBC55F #DAD68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#B3AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B3AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC3A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC3A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc477',
    500: '#b3ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac3a;
$custom-light: #cdc477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 51.055,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72922,
    "c": 0.13282,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC3A

secondary

#8488C5

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC3A

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

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