#B3AF27#B3AF27

#B3AF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF27
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -13.67, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 65.83, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0449 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2880, 40.3913, 7.9092)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF27 #272BB3

analogous

#B36927 #B3AF27 #71B327

triadic

#B3AF27 #27B3AF #AF27B3

tetradic

#B3AF27 #27B369 #272BB3 #B32771

square

#B3AF27 #27B369 #272BB3 #B32771

split-complementary

#B3AF27 #2771B3 #6927B3

monochromatic

#4E4D11 #817E1C #B3AF27 #D6D141 #E1DE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B3AF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF27

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF27	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)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec66d',
    500: '#b3af27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af27;
$custom-light: #cec66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF27

secondary

#6E70C8

accent

#45E741

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF27

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

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