#B3AF32#B3AF32

#B3AF32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF32
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 50)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 72.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -13.20, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 62.20, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0426 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.141 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4974, 40.4751, 9.0123)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF32 #3236B3

analogous

#B36F32 #B3AF32 #76B332

triadic

#B3AF32 #32B3AF #AF32B3

tetradic

#B3AF32 #32B36F #3236B3 #B33276

square

#B3AF32 #32B36F #3236B3 #B33276

split-complementary

#B3AF32 #3276B3 #6F32B3

monochromatic

#535117 #838025 #B3AF32 #CFCB53 #DCDA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#B3AF32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF32	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc673',
    500: '#b3af32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af32;
$custom-light: #cdc673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF32

secondary

#7B7DC6

accent

#4DE048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF32

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

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