#B3AE33#B3AE33

#B3AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.139 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE33
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -12.63, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 61.47, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0409 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.139 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.3253, 40.0960, 9.0625)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE33 #3338B3

analogous

#B36E33 #B3AE33 #78B333

triadic

#B3AE33 #33B3AE #AE33B3

tetradic

#B3AE33 #33B36E #3338B3 #B33378

square

#B3AE33 #33B36E #3338B3 #B33378

split-complementary

#B3AE33 #3378B3 #6E33B3

monochromatic

#545118 #838025 #B3AE33 #CECA55 #DCD984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B3AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE33

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE33	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)

#BDA71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.139 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc573',
    500: '#b3ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae33;
$custom-light: #cdc573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73306,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE33

secondary

#7C7FC6

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE33

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

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