#B3AF4E#B3AF4E

#B3AF4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.120 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF4E
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 56.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -11.44, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 50.60, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0346 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.12 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2966, 40.7948, 13.2211)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF4E #4E52B3

analogous

#B37C4E #B3AF4E #84B34E

triadic

#B3AF4E #4EB3AF #AF4EB3

tetradic

#B3AF4E #4EB37C #4E52B3 #B34E84

square

#B3AF4E #4EB37C #4E52B3 #B34E84

split-complementary

#B3AF4E #4E84B3 #7C4EB3

monochromatic

#5E5C28 #89863B #B3AF4E #C5C279 #D8D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B3AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#B3AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF4E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF4E	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.120 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc683',
    500: '#b3af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af4e;
$custom-light: #ccc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7377,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF4E

secondary

#989AC5

accent

#5DD058

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF4E

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

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