#B3AD1D#B3AD1D

#B3AD1D 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	#B3AD1D
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -12.96, 66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 67.87, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0436 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(33.7572, 39.5608, 7.0200)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD1D #1D23B3

analogous

#B3621D #B3AD1D #6EB31D

triadic

#B3AD1D #1DB3AD #AD1DB3

tetradic

#B3AD1D #1DB362 #1D23B3 #B31D6E

square

#B3AD1D #1DB362 #1D23B3 #B31D6E

split-complementary

#B3AD1D #1D6EB3 #621DB3

monochromatic

#4A470C #7E7A14 #B3AD1D #DDD630 #E6E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#B3AD1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#B3AD1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD1D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD1D	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)

#BFAB2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec569',
    500: '#b3ad1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad1d;
$custom-light: #cec569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.14959,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.3956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD1D

secondary

#6165CB

accent

#40EF39

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD1D

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

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