#B3AC4E#B3AC4E

#B3AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC4E
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -9.87, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 49.36, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0301 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.116 105)
XYZ	xyz(34.7192, 39.6399, 13.0287)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC4E #4E55B3

analogous

#B37A4E #B3AC4E #87B34E

triadic

#B3AC4E #4EB3AC #AC4EB3

tetradic

#B3AC4E #4EB37A #4E55B3 #B34E87

square

#B3AC4E #4EB37A #4E55B3 #B34E87

split-complementary

#B3AC4E #4E87B3 #7A4EB3

monochromatic

#5E5A28 #89843B #B3AC4E #C5C079 #D8D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B3AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC4E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC4E	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc483',
    500: '#b3ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac4e;
$custom-light: #ccc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73118,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.39639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC4E

secondary

#989BC5

accent

#60D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC4E

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

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