#B3AD44#B3AD44

#B3AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.126 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD44
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -11.13, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 54.26, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0348 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.126 106)
XYZ	xyz(34.5785, 39.8893, 11.3457)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD44 #444AB3

analogous

#B37544 #B3AD44 #81B344

triadic

#B3AD44 #44B3AD #AD44B3

tetradic

#B3AD44 #44B375 #444AB3 #B34481

square

#B3AD44 #44B375 #444AB3 #B34481

split-complementary

#B3AD44 #4481B3 #7544B3

monochromatic

#5A5722 #878233 #B3AD44 #C7C36D #D8D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#B3AD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD44

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD44	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)

#BBA738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.126 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc57d',
    500: '#b3ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad44;
$custom-light: #ccc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD44

secondary

#8E91C4

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD44

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

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