#B3AF39#B3AF39

#B3AF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF39
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 68.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -12.84, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 59.58, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0408 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.136 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6602, 40.5402, 9.8694)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF39 #393DB3

analogous

#B37239 #B3AF39 #7AB339

triadic

#B3AF39 #39B3AF #AF39B3

tetradic

#B3AF39 #39B372 #393DB3 #B3397A

square

#B3AF39 #39B372 #393DB3 #B3397A

split-complementary

#B3AF39 #397AB3 #7239B3

monochromatic

#56541B #85822A #B3AF39 #CCC85E #DAD88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#B3AF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#B3AF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF39

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF39	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdc676',
    500: '#b3af39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af39;
$custom-light: #cdc676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 51.695,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF39

secondary

#8385C5

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#141309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF39

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

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