#B3AF35#B3AF35

#B3AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF35
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -13.05, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 61.10, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0418 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5643, 40.5018, 9.3644)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF35 #3539B3

analogous

#B37035 #B3AF35 #78B335

triadic

#B3AF35 #35B3AF #AF35B3

tetradic

#B3AF35 #35B370 #3539B3 #B33578

square

#B3AF35 #35B370 #3539B3 #B33578

split-complementary

#B3AF35 #3578B3 #7035B3

monochromatic

#555319 #848127 #B3AF35 #CDCA58 #DBD987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B3AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF35

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF35	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc674',
    500: '#b3af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af35;
$custom-light: #cdc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73539,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF35

secondary

#7F81C5

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF35

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

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