#B3AC45#B3AC45

#B3AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC45
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -10.54, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 53.43, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.033 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.124 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4183, 39.5196, 11.4441)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC45 #454CB3

analogous

#B37545 #B3AC45 #83B345

triadic

#B3AC45 #45B3AC #AC45B3

tetradic

#B3AC45 #45B375 #454CB3 #B34583

square

#B3AC45 #45B375 #454CB3 #B34583

split-complementary

#B3AC45 #4583B3 #7545B3

monochromatic

#5B5723 #878234 #B3AC45 #C7C16E #D8D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#B3AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC45

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC45	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc47d',
    500: '#b3ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac45;
$custom-light: #ccc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC45

secondary

#8F93C4

accent

#5CD454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC45

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

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