#B3AC3D#B3AC3D

#B3AC3D 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 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC3D
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -11.05, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 56.84, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0354 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.131 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1865, 39.4269, 10.2233)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC3D #3D44B3

analogous

#B3713D #B3AC3D #7FB33D

triadic

#B3AC3D #3DB3AC #AC3DB3

tetradic

#B3AC3D #3DB371 #3D44B3 #B33D7F

square

#B3AC3D #3DB371 #3D44B3 #B33D7F

split-complementary

#B3AC3D #3D7FB3 #713DB3

monochromatic

#58541E #85802D #B3AC3D #CAC463 #D9D591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B3AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC3D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC3D	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.131 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc478',
    500: '#b3ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac3d;
$custom-light: #cdc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC3D

secondary

#878BC5

accent

#57D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC3D

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

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