#B3AF53#B3AF53

#B3AF53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF53
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 53.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -11.03, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 48.27, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0329 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.115 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4827, 40.8692, 14.2014)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF53 #5357B3

analogous

#B37F53 #B3AF53 #87B353

triadic

#B3AF53 #53B3AF #AF53B3

tetradic

#B3AF53 #53B37F #5357B3 #B35387

square

#B3AF53 #53B37F #5357B3 #B35387

split-complementary

#B3AF53 #5387B3 #7F53B3

monochromatic

#615F2B #8B883E #B3AF53 #C6C37D #D9D6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B3AF53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#B3AF53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF53

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF53	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc686',
    500: '#b3af53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af53;
$custom-light: #ccc686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73828,
    "c": 0.11482,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF53

secondary

#9C9EC6

accent

#5ECF59

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8EF

border

#D2D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF53

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

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