#B3AC40#B3AC40

#B3AC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC40
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -10.87, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 55.59, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0345 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.128 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2696, 39.4601, 10.6609)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC40 #4047B3

analogous

#B37340 #B3AC40 #80B340

triadic

#B3AC40 #40B3AC #AC40B3

tetradic

#B3AC40 #40B373 #4047B3 #B34080

square

#B3AC40 #40B373 #4047B3 #B34080

split-complementary

#B3AC40 #4080B3 #7340B3

monochromatic

#595520 #868130 #B3AC40 #C9C367 #D9D594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#B3AC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC40

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC40	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)

#BAA632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc47a',
    500: '#b3ac40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac40;
$custom-light: #cdc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC40

secondary

#8A8EC4

accent

#59D751

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC40

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

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