#B3AE4E#B3AE4E

#B3AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.118 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AE4E
RGB	rgb(179, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -10.92, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 50.18, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0331 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.118 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1027, 40.4069, 13.1565)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AE4E #4E53B3

analogous

#B37C4E #B3AE4E #85B34E

triadic

#B3AE4E #4EB3AE #AE4EB3

tetradic

#B3AE4E #4EB37C #4E53B3 #B34E85

square

#B3AE4E #4EB37C #4E53B3 #B34E85

split-complementary

#B3AE4E #4E85B3 #7C4EB3

monochromatic

#5E5C28 #89853B #B3AE4E #C5C279 #D8D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B3AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AE4E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AE4E	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.118 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc683',
    500: '#b3ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ae4e;
$custom-light: #ccc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.03,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AE4E

secondary

#989AC5

accent

#5ED058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AE4E

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

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