#B3AD34#B3AD34

#B3AD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.138 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3AD34
RGBrgb(179, 173, 52)
HSLhsl(57, 55%, 45%)
HSVhsv(57, 71%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.27, -12.07, 59.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.27, 60.73, 101.46°)
OKLaboklab(73.09% -0.0392 0.1322)
OKLCHoklch(73.09% 0.138 106.5)
XYZxyz(34.1551, 39.7200, 9.1157)
Luminance0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3AD34 #343AB3
analogous
#B36D34 #B3AD34 #7AB334
triadic
#B3AD34 #34B3AD #AD34B3
tetradic
#B3AD34 #34B36D #343AB3 #B3347A
square
#B3AD34 #34B36D #343AB3 #B3347A
split-complementary
#B3AD34 #347AB3 #6D34B3
monochromatic
#545118 #847F26 #B3AD34 #CEC856 #DCD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#B3AD34 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94
#B3AD34 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD34
8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3AD34#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3AD341.002.358.948.94
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9421.001.001.00
##0000008.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA620
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAB3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0A195
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3ad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.138 106.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc573',
    500: '#b3ad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3ad34;
$custom-light: #cdc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3ad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73094,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3AD34
secondary
#7D81C5
accent
#51DE49
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#141209
muted
#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD34

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#B3AD34 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva