#B3AD37#B3AD37

#B3AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD37
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -11.91, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 59.60, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0384 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.136 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2249, 39.7479, 9.4830)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD37 #373DB3

analogous

#B36F37 #B3AD37 #7BB337

triadic

#B3AD37 #37B3AD #AD37B3

tetradic

#B3AD37 #37B36F #373DB3 #B3377B

square

#B3AD37 #37B36F #373DB3 #B3377B

split-complementary

#B3AD37 #377BB3 #6F37B3

monochromatic

#55531A #848029 #B3AD37 #CDC75B #DBD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#B3AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#B3AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD37

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD37	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)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc575',
    500: '#b3ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad37;
$custom-light: #cdc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD37

secondary

#8184C5

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD37

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

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