#B3AE27#B3AE27

#B3AE27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.146 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE27
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -13.15, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 65.48, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0434 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.146 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0941, 40.0035, 7.8446)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE27 #272CB3

analogous

#B36827 #B3AE27 #72B327

triadic

#B3AE27 #27B3AE #AE27B3

tetradic

#B3AE27 #27B368 #272CB3 #B32772

square

#B3AE27 #27B368 #272CB3 #B32772

split-complementary

#B3AE27 #2772B3 #6827B3

monochromatic

#4E4C11 #817D1C #B3AE27 #D6D041 #E1DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B3AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE27

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE27	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.146 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56d',
    500: '#b3ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae27;
$custom-light: #cec56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE27

secondary

#6E71C8

accent

#47E741

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE27

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

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