#B3AC4A#B3AC4A

#B3AC4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC4A
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -10.18, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 51.20, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0314 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.12 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5801, 39.5843, 12.2962)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC4A #4A51B3

analogous

#B3784A #B3AC4A #86B34A

triadic

#B3AC4A #4AB3AC #AC4AB3

tetradic

#B3AC4A #4AB378 #4A51B3 #B34A86

square

#B3AC4A #4AB378 #4A51B3 #B34A86

split-complementary

#B3AC4A #4A86B3 #784AB3

monochromatic

#5C5926 #888238 #B3AC4A #C6C074 #D8D4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B3AC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC4A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC4A	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc480',
    500: '#b3ac4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac4a;
$custom-light: #ccc480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC4A

secondary

#9498C4

accent

#5FD156

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC4A

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

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