#B3AC4F#B3AC4F

#B3AC4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC4F
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -9.79, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 48.89, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0298 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.115 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7553, 39.6544, 13.2189)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC4F #4F56B3

analogous

#B37A4F #B3AC4F #88B34F

triadic

#B3AC4F #4FB3AC #AC4FB3

tetradic

#B3AC4F #4FB37A #4F56B3 #B34F88

square

#B3AC4F #4FB37A #4F56B3 #B34F88

split-complementary

#B3AC4F #4F88B3 #7A4FB3

monochromatic

#5F5B29 #89843B #B3AC4F #C5C07A #D8D4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B3AC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC4F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC4F	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)

#B9A646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc483',
    500: '#b3ac4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac4f;
$custom-light: #ccc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.8,
    "s": 39.683,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73129,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC4F

secondary

#999CC5

accent

#61D058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC4F

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

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