#B3AD52#B3AD52

#B3AD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AD52
RGB	rgb(179, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -10.07, 46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 47.90, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0302 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.114 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0580, 40.0811, 13.8707)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AD52 #5258B3

analogous

#B37C52 #B3AD52 #88B352

triadic

#B3AD52 #52B3AD #AD52B3

tetradic

#B3AD52 #52B37C #5258B3 #B35288

square

#B3AD52 #52B37C #5258B3 #B35288

split-complementary

#B3AD52 #5288B3 #7C52B3

monochromatic

#605D2A #8B863D #B3AD52 #C6C17D #D8D5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B3AD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AD52

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AD52	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc585',
    500: '#b3ad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ad52;
$custom-light: #ccc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.289,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73382,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AD52

secondary

#9B9EC6

accent

#60CF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AD52

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

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