#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
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -12.87, 65.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 67.12, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0432 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.148 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7961, 39.5764, 7.2250)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B3AD20	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)

#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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