#B3AE1F#B3AE1F

#B3AE1F 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	#B3AE1F
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 31)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 82.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -13.42, 66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 67.70, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0448 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.15 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9752, 39.9560, 7.2187)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE1F #1F24B3

analogous

#B3641F #B3AE1F #6EB31F

triadic

#B3AE1F #1FB3AE #AE1FB3

tetradic

#B3AE1F #1FB364 #1F24B3 #B31F6E

square

#B3AE1F #1FB364 #1F24B3 #B31F6E

split-complementary

#B3AE1F #1F6EB3 #641FB3

monochromatic

#4B490D #7F7B16 #B3AE1F #DCD633 #E5E168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AE1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B3AE1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE1F

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE1F	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)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.150 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56a',
    500: '#b3ae1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae1f;
$custom-light: #cec56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73195,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE1F

secondary

#6467CA

accent

#41ED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE1F

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

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