#B3AE32#B3AE32

#B3AE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.140 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE32
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -12.68, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 61.83, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0411 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.14 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3035, 40.0873, 8.9476)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE32 #3237B3

analogous

#B36D32 #B3AE32 #78B332

triadic

#B3AE32 #32B3AE #AE32B3

tetradic

#B3AE32 #32B36D #3237B3 #B33278

square

#B3AE32 #32B36D #3237B3 #B33278

split-complementary

#B3AE32 #3278B3 #6D32B3

monochromatic

#535117 #837F25 #B3AE32 #CFCA53 #DCD983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B3AE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE32

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE32	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)

#BDA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.140 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc573',
    500: '#b3ae32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae32;
$custom-light: #cdc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.674,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73299,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE32

secondary

#7B7EC6

accent

#4EE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE32

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

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