#B3AD41#B3AD41

#B3AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.129 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD41
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 63.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -11.32, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 55.55, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0357 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.129 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4893, 39.8537, 10.8758)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD41 #4147B3

analogous

#B37441 #B3AD41 #80B341

triadic

#B3AD41 #41B3AD #AD41B3

tetradic

#B3AD41 #41B374 #4147B3 #B34180

square

#B3AD41 #41B374 #4147B3 #B34180

split-complementary

#B3AD41 #4180B3 #7441B3

monochromatic

#595620 #868231 #B3AD41 #C8C369 #D9D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#B3AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD41

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD41	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.129 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57b',
    500: '#b3ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad41;
$custom-light: #cdc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73201,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD41

secondary

#8B8EC4

accent

#58D651

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD41

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

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