#B3AF1C#B3AF1C

#B3AF1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF1C
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 84.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -14.02, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 68.77, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0466 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.152 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1314, 40.3287, 7.0847)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF1C #1C20B3

analogous

#B3641C #B3AF1C #6BB31C

triadic

#B3AF1C #1CB3AF #AF1CB3

tetradic

#B3AF1C #1CB364 #1C20B3 #B31C6B

square

#B3AF1C #1CB364 #1C20B3 #B31C6B

split-complementary

#B3AF1C #1C6BB3 #641CB3

monochromatic

#49480B #7E7B14 #B3AF1C #DEDA2E #E7E363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B3AF1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B3AF1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF1C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF1C	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.152 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec669',
    500: '#b3af1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af1c;
$custom-light: #cec669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.411,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF1C

secondary

#5F62CB

accent

#3DF038

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF1C

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

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