#B3AF1D#B3AF1D

#B3AF1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF1D
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 83.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -13.99, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 68.53, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0465 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1436, 40.3336, 7.1488)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF1D #1D21B3

analogous

#B3641D #B3AF1D #6CB31D

triadic

#B3AF1D #1DB3AF #AF1DB3

tetradic

#B3AF1D #1DB364 #1D21B3 #B31D6C

square

#B3AF1D #1DB364 #1D21B3 #B31D6C

split-complementary

#B3AF1D #1D6CB3 #641DB3

monochromatic

#4A480C #7E7C14 #B3AF1D #DDD930 #E6E364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#B3AF1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#B3AF1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF1D

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF1D	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)

#C1AC2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec66a',
    500: '#b3af1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af1d;
$custom-light: #cec66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.4,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF1D

secondary

#6164CB

accent

#3EEF39

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FAF8EC

border

#D3D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#83827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF1D

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

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