#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
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -12.07, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 60.73, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0392 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.138 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1551, 39.7200, 9.1157)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##B3AD34	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)

#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

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

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