#B3AD20#B3AD20

#B3AD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.148 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3AD20
RGBrgb(179, 173, 32)
HSLhsl(58, 70%, 41%)
HSVhsv(58, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.17, -12.87, 65.87)
CIE-LCHlch(69.17, 67.12, 101.06°)
OKLaboklab(72.98% -0.0432 0.142)
OKLCHoklch(72.98% 0.148 106.9)
XYZxyz(33.7961, 39.5764, 7.2250)
Luminance0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3AD20 #2026B3
analogous
#B36420 #B3AD20 #70B320
triadic
#B3AD20 #20B3AD #AD20B3
tetradic
#B3AD20 #20B364 #2026B3 #B32070
square
#B3AD20 #20B364 #2026B3 #B32070
split-complementary
#B3AD20 #2070B3 #6420B3
monochromatic
#4B490D #7F7B17 #B3AD20 #DBD435 #E4DF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#B3AD20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91
#B3AD20 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD20
8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3AD20#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3AD201.002.368.918.91
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9121.001.001.00
##0000008.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA600
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAB2D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C1A194
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3ad20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.148 106.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56a',
    500: '#b3ad20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3ad20;
$custom-light: #cec56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3ad20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72979,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3AD20
secondary
#6569CA
accent
#43EC3B
background
#FDFCF6
surface
#FAF8EC
border
#D3D1C7
text
#141207
muted
#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD20

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

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#B3AD20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva