#B3AD50#B3AD50

#B3AD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.116 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD50
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -10.24, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 48.84, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0309 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.116 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9830, 40.0511, 13.4757)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD50 #5056B3

analogous

#B37B50 #B3AD50 #87B350

triadic

#B3AD50 #50B3AD #AD50B3

tetradic

#B3AD50 #50B37B #5056B3 #B35087

square

#B3AD50 #50B37B #5056B3 #B35087

split-complementary

#B3AD50 #5087B3 #7B50B3

monochromatic

#5F5C29 #8A853C #B3AD50 #C6C17B #D8D5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#B3AD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD50

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD50	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.116 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc584',
    500: '#b3ad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad50;
$custom-light: #ccc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73358,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD50

secondary

#999CC5

accent

#60CF58

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD50

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

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