#B3AD32#B3AD32

#B3AD32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD32
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -12.16, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 61.47, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0397 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1110, 39.7023, 8.8835)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD32 #3238B3

analogous

#B36C32 #B3AD32 #79B332

triadic

#B3AD32 #32B3AD #AD32B3

tetradic

#B3AD32 #32B36C #3238B3 #B33279

square

#B3AD32 #32B36C #3238B3 #B33279

split-complementary

#B3AD32 #3279B3 #6C32B3

monochromatic

#535117 #837F25 #B3AD32 #CFC953 #DCD883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B3AD32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD32

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD32	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)

#BCA61C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc572',
    500: '#b3ad32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad32;
$custom-light: #cdc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7308,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD32

secondary

#7B7FC6

accent

#4FE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD32

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

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