#B3AD1B#B3AD1B

#B3AD1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD1B
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -13.01, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 68.35, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0439 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.7333, 39.5512, 6.8939)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD1B #1B21B3

analogous

#B3611B #B3AD1B #6DB31B

triadic

#B3AD1B #1BB3AD #AD1BB3

tetradic

#B3AD1B #1BB361 #1B21B3 #B31B6D

square

#B3AD1B #1BB361 #1B21B3 #B31B6D

split-complementary

#B3AD1B #1B6DB3 #611BB3

monochromatic

#49460B #7E7A13 #B3AD1B #DFD82C #E7E261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AD1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B3AD1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD1B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD1B	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)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec569',
    500: '#b3ad1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad1b;
$custom-light: #cec569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.632,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72959,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.3955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD1B

secondary

#5E62CC

accent

#3FF037

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD1B

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

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