#B3AE1E#B3AE1E

#B3AE1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.150 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE1E
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -13.45, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 67.95, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0449 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.15 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9623, 39.9508, 7.1503)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE1E #1E23B3

analogous

#B3641E #B3AE1E #6DB31E

triadic

#B3AE1E #1EB3AE #AE1EB3

tetradic

#B3AE1E #1EB364 #1E23B3 #B31E6D

square

#B3AE1E #1EB364 #1E23B3 #B31E6D

split-complementary

#B3AE1E #1E6DB3 #641EB3

monochromatic

#4A480C #7F7B15 #B3AE1E #DDD732 #E5E166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B3AE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE1E

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE1E	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.150 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56a',
    500: '#b3ae1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae1e;
$custom-light: #cec56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7319,
    "c": 0.15012,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE1E

secondary

#6266CB

accent

#40EE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE1E

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

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