#B3AF45#B3AF45

#B3AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF45
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 61.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -12.09, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 54.63, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0374 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.127 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9957, 40.6744, 11.6366)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF45 #4549B3

analogous

#B37845 #B3AF45 #80B345

triadic

#B3AF45 #45B3AF #AF45B3

tetradic

#B3AF45 #45B378 #4549B3 #B34580

square

#B3AF45 #45B378 #4549B3 #B34580

split-complementary

#B3AF45 #4580B3 #7845B3

monochromatic

#5B5923 #878434 #B3AF45 #C7C46E #D8D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B3AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#B3AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF45

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF45	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc67d',
    500: '#b3af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af45;
$custom-light: #ccc67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73675,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF45

secondary

#8F91C4

accent

#58D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF45

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

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