#B3AE20#B3AE20

#B3AE20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE20
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -13.39, 66.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 67.45, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0446 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.149 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9886, 39.9613, 7.2892)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE20 #2025B3

analogous

#B36520 #B3AE20 #6FB320

triadic

#B3AE20 #20B3AE #AE20B3

tetradic

#B3AE20 #20B365 #2025B3 #B3206F

square

#B3AE20 #20B365 #2025B3 #B3206F

split-complementary

#B3AE20 #206FB3 #6520B3

monochromatic

#4B490D #7F7C17 #B3AE20 #DBD535 #E4E069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#B3AE20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#B3AE20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE20

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE20	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)

#C0AC2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56b',
    500: '#b3ae20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae20;
$custom-light: #cec56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE20

secondary

#6568CA

accent

#41EC3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE20

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

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