#B3AF55#B3AF55

#B3AF55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.113 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3AF55
RGB	rgb(179, 175, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 52.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -10.86, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 47.32, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0321 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.113 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5610, 40.9005, 14.6139)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3AF55 #5559B3

analogous

#B38055 #B3AF55 #88B355

triadic

#B3AF55 #55B3AF #AF55B3

tetradic

#B3AF55 #55B380 #5559B3 #B35588

square

#B3AF55 #55B380 #5559B3 #B35588

split-complementary

#B3AF55 #5588B3 #8055B3

monochromatic

#62602C #8C893F #B3AF55 #C6C37F #D9D7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#B3AF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#B3AF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3AF55

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3AF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3AF55	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3af55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 175, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.113 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc687',
    500: '#b3af55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3af55;
$custom-light: #ccc687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3af55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73853,
    "c": 0.11288,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3AF55

secondary

#9D9FC7

accent

#5FCE5A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F8F0

border

#D2D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3AF55

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

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