#B3AD33#B3AD33

#B3AD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD33
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -12.12, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 61.10, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0394 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.139 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1329, 39.7111, 8.9984)
Luminance	0.3971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD33 #3339B3

analogous

#B36D33 #B3AD33 #79B333

triadic

#B3AD33 #33B3AD #AD33B3

tetradic

#B3AD33 #33B36D #3339B3 #B33379

square

#B3AD33 #33B36D #3339B3 #B33379

split-complementary

#B3AD33 #3379B3 #6D33B3

monochromatic

#545118 #837F25 #B3AD33 #CEC955 #DCD884

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#B3AD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD33

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD33	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)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc573',
    500: '#b3ad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad33;
$custom-light: #cdc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73087,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD33

secondary

#7C80C6

accent

#50DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD33

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

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