#B3AE31#B3AE31

#B3AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.141 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE31
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 72.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -12.73, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 62.19, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0413 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.141 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2822, 40.0787, 8.8353)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE31 #3136B3

analogous

#B36D31 #B3AE31 #77B331

triadic

#B3AE31 #31B3AE #AE31B3

tetradic

#B3AE31 #31B36D #3136B3 #B33177

square

#B3AE31 #31B36D #3136B3 #B33177

split-complementary

#B3AE31 #3177B3 #6D31B3

monochromatic

#535117 #837F24 #B3AE31 #D0CB52 #DDD982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B3AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE31

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE31	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.141 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc572',
    500: '#b3ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae31;
$custom-light: #cdc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73292,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE31

secondary

#7A7DC6

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE31

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

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