#B3BE2C#B3BE2C

#B3BE2C 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	#B3BE2C
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -21.04, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 69.89, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0649 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.16 114)
XYZ	xyz(37.4596, 46.5932, 9.4025)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE2C #372CBE

analogous

#BE802C #B3BE2C #6ABE2C

triadic

#B3BE2C #2CB3BE #BE2CB3

tetradic

#B3BE2C #2CBE80 #372CBE #BE2C6A

square

#B3BE2C #2CBE80 #372CBE #BE2C6A

split-complementary

#B3BE2C #2C6ABE #802CBE

monochromatic

#555B15 #848C20 #B3BE2C #CDD751 #DBE282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#B3BE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B3BE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE2C

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE2C	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)

#CCB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.160 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd172',
    500: '#b3be2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be2c;
$custom-light: #cdd172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.521,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76805,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE2C

secondary

#817BCB

accent

#42E54F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE2C

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

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