#B3AD2A#B3AD2A

#B3AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD2A
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -12.52, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 64.20, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0414 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9533, 39.6392, 8.0527)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD2A #2A30B3

analogous

#B3682A #B3AD2A #74B32A

triadic

#B3AD2A #2AB3AD #AD2AB3

tetradic

#B3AD2A #2AB368 #2A30B3 #B32A74

square

#B3AD2A #2AB368 #2A30B3 #B32A74

split-complementary

#B3AD2A #2A74B3 #682AB3

monochromatic

#504D13 #817D1E #B3AD2A #D4CE46 #DFDB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B3AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD2A

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD2A	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56f',
    500: '#b3ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad2a;
$custom-light: #cec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD2A

secondary

#7275C7

accent

#4AE543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD2A

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

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