#B3AD31#B3AD31

#B3AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD31
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -12.21, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 61.83, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0399 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.14 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0897, 39.6938, 8.7711)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD31 #3137B3

analogous

#B36C31 #B3AD31 #78B331

triadic

#B3AD31 #31B3AD #AD31B3

tetradic

#B3AD31 #31B36C #3137B3 #B33178

square

#B3AD31 #31B36C #3137B3 #B33178

split-complementary

#B3AD31 #3178B3 #6C31B3

monochromatic

#535017 #837F24 #B3AD31 #D0CA52 #DDD982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B3AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD31

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD31	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)

#BCA61A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc572',
    500: '#b3ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad31;
$custom-light: #cdc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD31

secondary

#7A7DC6

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD31

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

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