#B3AD35#B3AD35

#B3AD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD35
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -12.02, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 60.36, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0389 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1779, 39.7291, 9.2356)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD35 #353BB3

analogous

#B36E35 #B3AD35 #7AB335

triadic

#B3AD35 #35B3AD #AD35B3

tetradic

#B3AD35 #35B36E #353BB3 #B3357A

square

#B3AD35 #35B36E #353BB3 #B3357A

split-complementary

#B3AD35 #357AB3 #6E35B3

monochromatic

#555219 #847F27 #B3AD35 #CDC858 #DBD787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B3AD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD35

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD35	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc574',
    500: '#b3ad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad35;
$custom-light: #cdc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD35

secondary

#7F82C5

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD35

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

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