#B3AD2B#B3AD2B

#B3AD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.143 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD2B
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 76%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -12.48, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 63.88, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0412 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.143 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9714, 39.6465, 8.1481)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD2B #2B31B3

analogous

#B3692B #B3AD2B #75B32B

triadic

#B3AD2B #2BB3AD #AD2BB3

tetradic

#B3AD2B #2BB369 #2B31B3 #B32B75

square

#B3AD2B #2BB369 #2B31B3 #B32B75

split-complementary

#B3AD2B #2B75B3 #692BB3

monochromatic

#504E13 #827D1F #B3AD2B #D3CD48 #DFDA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B3AD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD2B

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD2B	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)

#BCA60C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.143 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc56f',
    500: '#b3ad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad2b;
$custom-light: #cdc56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 61.261,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73035,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD2B

secondary

#7377C7

accent

#4BE443

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD2B

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

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