#B3AD2F#B3AD2F

#B3AD2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.141 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD2F
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 73.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -12.31, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 62.53, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0403 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.141 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0484, 39.6773, 8.5537)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD2F #2F35B3

analogous

#B36B2F #B3AD2F #77B32F

triadic

#B3AD2F #2FB3AD #AD2FB3

tetradic

#B3AD2F #2FB36B #2F35B3 #B32F77

square

#B3AD2F #2FB36B #2F35B3 #B32F77

split-complementary

#B3AD2F #2F77B3 #6B2FB3

monochromatic

#524F16 #837E22 #B3AD2F #D1CB4F #DDD97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B3AD2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD2F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD2F	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.141 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc571',
    500: '#b3ad2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad2f;
$custom-light: #cdc571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 58.407,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD2F

secondary

#787BC6

accent

#4DE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD2F

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

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