#B3AD4E#B3AD4E

#B3AD4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.117 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD4E
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -10.40, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 49.77, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0316 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.117 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9102, 40.0220, 13.0923)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD4E #4E54B3

analogous

#B37B4E #B3AD4E #86B34E

triadic

#B3AD4E #4EB3AD #AD4EB3

tetradic

#B3AD4E #4EB37B #4E54B3 #B34E86

square

#B3AD4E #4EB37B #4E54B3 #B34E86

split-complementary

#B3AD4E #4E86B3 #7B4EB3

monochromatic

#5E5B28 #89843B #B3AD4E #C5C179 #D8D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B3AD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD4E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD4E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.117 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc583',
    500: '#b3ad4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad4e;
$custom-light: #ccc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD4E

secondary

#989BC5

accent

#5FD058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD4E

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

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