#B3AC49#B3AC49

#B3AC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC49
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -10.25, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 51.65, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0318 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.121 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5467, 39.5709, 12.1202)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC49 #4950B3

analogous

#B37749 #B3AC49 #85B349

triadic

#B3AC49 #49B3AC #AC49B3

tetradic

#B3AC49 #49B377 #4950B3 #B34985

square

#B3AC49 #49B377 #4950B3 #B34985

split-complementary

#B3AC49 #4985B3 #7749B3

monochromatic

#5C5826 #888237 #B3AC49 #C6C173 #D8D49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B3AC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC49

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC49	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc480',
    500: '#b3ac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac49;
$custom-light: #ccc480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.038,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73062,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC49

secondary

#9397C4

accent

#5ED256

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC49

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

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