#B3AD36#B3AD36

#B3AD36 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	#B3AD36
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -11.96, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 59.98, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0387 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.137 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2011, 39.7384, 9.3580)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD36 #363CB3

analogous

#B36E36 #B3AD36 #7AB336

triadic

#B3AD36 #36B3AD #AD36B3

tetradic

#B3AD36 #36B36E #363CB3 #B3367A

square

#B3AD36 #36B36E #363CB3 #B3367A

split-complementary

#B3AD36 #367AB3 #6E36B3

monochromatic

#55521A #848028 #B3AD36 #CDC759 #DBD788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B3AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD36

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD36	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)

#BCA623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc575',
    500: '#b3ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad36;
$custom-light: #cdc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73109,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD36

secondary

#8083C5

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD36

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

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