#B3AF46#B3AF46

#B3AF46 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 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF46
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 70)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 60.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -12.03, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 54.19, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0371 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.127 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0270, 40.6869, 11.8014)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF46 #464AB3

analogous

#B37946 #B3AF46 #81B346

triadic

#B3AF46 #46B3AF #AF46B3

tetradic

#B3AF46 #46B379 #464AB3 #B34681

square

#B3AF46 #46B379 #464AB3 #B34681

split-complementary

#B3AF46 #4681B3 #7946B3

monochromatic

#5B5924 #878435 #B3AF46 #C7C46F #D8D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B3AF46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B3AF46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF46

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF46	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc67e',
    500: '#b3af46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af46;
$custom-light: #ccc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF46

secondary

#9092C4

accent

#59D454

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8EE

border

#D2D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →