#B3AF36#B3AF36

#B3AF36 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	#B3AF36
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 69.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -13.00, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 60.73, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0416 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.139 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5875, 40.5111, 9.4868)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF36 #363AB3

analogous

#B37036 #B3AF36 #78B336

triadic

#B3AF36 #36B3AF #AF36B3

tetradic

#B3AF36 #36B370 #363AB3 #B33678

square

#B3AF36 #36B370 #363AB3 #B33678

split-complementary

#B3AF36 #3678B3 #7036B3

monochromatic

#55531A #848128 #B3AF36 #CDC959 #DBD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#B3AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF36

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF36	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)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc675',
    500: '#b3af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af36;
$custom-light: #cdc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73546,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF36

secondary

#8082C5

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF36

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

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