#B3BE2A#B3BE2A

#B3BE2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.161 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE2A
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -21.12, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 70.48, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0653 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.161 114)
XYZ	xyz(37.4229, 46.5786, 9.2092)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE2A #352ABE

analogous

#BE7F2A #B3BE2A #69BE2A

triadic

#B3BE2A #2AB3BE #BE2AB3

tetradic

#B3BE2A #2ABE7F #352ABE #BE2A69

square

#B3BE2A #2ABE7F #352ABE #BE2A69

split-complementary

#B3BE2A #2A69BE #7F2ABE

monochromatic

#555A14 #848C1F #B3BE2A #CDD84D #DBE380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B3BE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE2A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE2A	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.161 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced171',
    500: '#b3be2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be2a;
$custom-light: #ced171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.459,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76794,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE2A

secondary

#7F78CB

accent

#41E74D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE2A

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

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