#B3AD28#B3AD28

#B3AD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.145 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD28
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -12.60, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 64.83, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0418 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.145 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9184, 39.6253, 7.8689)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD28 #282EB3

analogous

#B36728 #B3AD28 #73B328

triadic

#B3AD28 #28B3AD #AD28B3

tetradic

#B3AD28 #28B367 #282EB3 #B32873

square

#B3AD28 #28B367 #282EB3 #B32873

split-complementary

#B3AD28 #2873B3 #6728B3

monochromatic

#4F4C12 #817D1D #B3AD28 #D5CF43 #E0DC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#B3AD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD28

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD28	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.145 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56e',
    500: '#b3ad28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad28;
$custom-light: #cec56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73018,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD28

secondary

#6F73C8

accent

#48E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD28

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

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