#B3AE35#B3AE35

#B3AE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE35
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -12.53, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 60.73, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0404 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.138 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.3704, 40.1140, 9.2998)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE35 #353AB3

analogous

#B36F35 #B3AE35 #79B335

triadic

#B3AE35 #35B3AE #AE35B3

tetradic

#B3AE35 #35B36F #353AB3 #B33579

square

#B3AE35 #35B36F #353AB3 #B33579

split-complementary

#B3AE35 #3579B3 #6F35B3

monochromatic

#555219 #848027 #B3AE35 #CDC958 #DBD887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#B3AE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#B3AE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE35

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE35	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)

#BDA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc574',
    500: '#b3ae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae35;
$custom-light: #cdc574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.40113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE35

secondary

#7F81C5

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE35

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

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