#B3AE2A#B3AE2A

#B3AE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE2A
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -13.03, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 64.55, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0428 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1458, 40.0242, 8.1168)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE2A #2A2FB3

analogous

#B3692A #B3AE2A #73B32A

triadic

#B3AE2A #2AB3AE #AE2AB3

tetradic

#B3AE2A #2AB369 #2A2FB3 #B32A73

square

#B3AE2A #2AB369 #2A2FB3 #B32A73

split-complementary

#B3AE2A #2A73B3 #692AB3

monochromatic

#504E13 #817E1E #B3AE2A #D4CF46 #DFDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#B3AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE2A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec56f',
    500: '#b3ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae2a;
$custom-light: #cec56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE2A

secondary

#7275C7

accent

#49E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE2A

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

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