#B3AF2A#B3AF2A

#B3AF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF2A
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -13.55, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 64.90, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0443 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3397, 40.4120, 8.1815)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF2A #2A2EB3

analogous

#B36A2A #B3AF2A #72B32A

triadic

#B3AF2A #2AB3AF #AF2AB3

tetradic

#B3AF2A #2AB36A #2A2EB3 #B32A72

square

#B3AF2A #2AB36A #2A2EB3 #B32A72

split-complementary

#B3AF2A #2A72B3 #6A2AB3

monochromatic

#504E13 #817F1E #B3AF2A #D4D046 #DFDC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#B3AF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF2A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF2A	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)

#BEA807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cec66f',
    500: '#b3af2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af2a;
$custom-light: #cec66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73468,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF2A

secondary

#7274C7

accent

#47E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF2A

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

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