#B3AC3C#B3AC3C

#B3AC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.131 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC3C
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -11.11, 56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 57.25, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.0356 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1598, 39.4162, 10.0828)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC3C #3C43B3

analogous

#B3713C #B3AC3C #7EB33C

triadic

#B3AC3C #3CB3AC #AC3CB3

tetradic

#B3AC3C #3CB371 #3C43B3 #B33C7E

square

#B3AC3C #3CB371 #3C43B3 #B33C7E

split-complementary

#B3AC3C #3C7EB3 #713CB3

monochromatic

#57541D #85802D #B3AC3C #CAC462 #DAD590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#B3AC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC3C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC3C	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#BAA62D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc478',
    500: '#b3ac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac3c;
$custom-light: #cdc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 49.791,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC3C

secondary

#868AC5

accent

#57D94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC3C

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

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