#B3BE2B#B3BE2B

#B3BE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.160 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE2B
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -21.08, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 70.19, 107.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0651 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.16 114)
XYZ	xyz(37.4411, 46.5858, 9.3047)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE2B #362BBE

analogous

#BE7F2B #B3BE2B #69BE2B

triadic

#B3BE2B #2BB3BE #BE2BB3

tetradic

#B3BE2B #2BBE7F #362BBE #BE2B69

square

#B3BE2B #2BBE7F #362BBE #BE2B69

split-complementary

#B3BE2B #2B69BE #7F2BBE

monochromatic

#555A14 #848C20 #B3BE2B #CDD74F #DBE281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B3BE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE2B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE2B	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: #b3be2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.160 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced171',
    500: '#b3be2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be2b;
$custom-light: #ced171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.49,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76799,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE2B

secondary

#807ACB

accent

#42E64E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE2B

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

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