#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
RGBrgb(179, 173, 54)
HSLhsl(57, 54%, 46%)
HSVhsv(57, 70%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.28, -11.96, 58.78)
CIE-LCHlch(69.28, 59.98, 101.50°)
OKLaboklab(73.11% -0.0387 0.131)
OKLCHoklch(73.11% 0.137 106.5)
XYZxyz(34.2011, 39.7384, 9.3580)
Luminance0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B3AD361.002.358.958.95
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9521.001.001.00
##0000008.9521.001.001.00

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

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#B3AD36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva