#B3AD2D#B3AD2D

#B3AD2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.142 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD2D
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 74.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -12.39, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 63.21, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0408 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.142 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0090, 39.6615, 8.3461)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD2D #2D33B3

analogous

#B36A2D #B3AD2D #76B32D

triadic

#B3AD2D #2DB3AD #AD2DB3

tetradic

#B3AD2D #2DB36A #2D33B3 #B32D76

square

#B3AD2D #2DB36A #2D33B3 #B32D76

split-complementary

#B3AD2D #2D76B3 #6A2DB3

monochromatic

#514E14 #827E21 #B3AD2D #D2CC4B #DEDA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#B3AD2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD2D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD2D	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)

#BCA611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.142 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc570',
    500: '#b3ad2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad2d;
$custom-light: #cdc570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 59.821,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73047,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD2D

secondary

#7579C7

accent

#4CE345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD2D

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

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