#B3AC53#B3AC53

#B3AC53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AC53
RGB	rgb(179, 172, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -9.47, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 47.01, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0284 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9053, 39.7144, 14.0089)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AC53 #535AB3

analogous

#B37C53 #B3AC53 #8AB353

triadic

#B3AC53 #53B3AC #AC53B3

tetradic

#B3AC53 #53B37C #535AB3 #B3538A

square

#B3AC53 #53B37C #535AB3 #B3538A

split-complementary

#B3AC53 #538AB3 #7C53B3

monochromatic

#615D2B #8B863E #B3AC53 #C6C07D #D9D5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B3AC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AC53

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AC53	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ac53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 172, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc486',
    500: '#b3ac53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ac53;
$custom-light: #ccc486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ac53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.625,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73177,
    "c": 0.11163,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AC53

secondary

#9C9FC6

accent

#62CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AC53

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

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