#B3AF28#B3AF28

#B3AF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.147 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF28
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -13.63, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 65.52, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0447 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.147 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3048, 40.3980, 7.9976)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF28 #282CB3

analogous

#B36928 #B3AF28 #72B328

triadic

#B3AF28 #28B3AF #AF28B3

tetradic

#B3AF28 #28B369 #282CB3 #B32872

square

#B3AF28 #28B369 #282CB3 #B32872

split-complementary

#B3AF28 #2872B3 #6928B3

monochromatic

#4F4D12 #817E1D #B3AF28 #D5D143 #E0DD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B3AF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF28

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF28	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: #b3af28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.147 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec66e',
    500: '#b3af28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af28;
$custom-light: #cec66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73457,
    "c": 0.14662,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF28

secondary

#6F72C8

accent

#46E641

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF28

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

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