#B3AD43#B3AD43

#B3AD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD43
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -11.19, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 54.70, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0351 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5483, 39.8772, 11.1863)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD43 #4349B3

analogous

#B37543 #B3AD43 #81B343

triadic

#B3AD43 #43B3AD #AD43B3

tetradic

#B3AD43 #43B375 #4349B3 #B34381

square

#B3AD43 #43B375 #4349B3 #B34381

split-complementary

#B3AD43 #4381B3 #7543B3

monochromatic

#5A5722 #868232 #B3AD43 #C8C36B #D8D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B3AD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD43

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD43	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc57c',
    500: '#b3ad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad43;
$custom-light: #cdc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD43

secondary

#8D90C4

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD43

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

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