#B3AC3E#B3AC3E

#B3AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC3E
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -10.99, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 56.42, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0351 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.13 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2137, 39.4377, 10.3665)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC3E #3E45B3

analogous

#B3713E #B3AC3E #80B33E

triadic

#B3AC3E #3EB3AC #AC3EB3

tetradic

#B3AC3E #3EB371 #3E45B3 #B33E80

square

#B3AC3E #3EB371 #3E45B3 #B33E80

split-complementary

#B3AC3E #3E80B3 #713EB3

monochromatic

#58551F #86802E #B3AC3E #CAC465 #D9D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B3AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC3E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC3E	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)

#BAA630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc479',
    500: '#b3ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac3e;
$custom-light: #cdc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC3E

secondary

#888CC5

accent

#58D850

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC3E

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

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