#B3BE2D#B3BE2D

#B3BE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.159 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE2D
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -21.00, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 69.59, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0647 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.159 114)
XYZ	xyz(37.4787, 46.6008, 9.5027)
Luminance	0.4660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE2D #382DBE

analogous

#BE802D #B3BE2D #6ABE2D

triadic

#B3BE2D #2DB3BE #BE2DB3

tetradic

#B3BE2D #2DBE80 #382DBE #BE2D6A

square

#B3BE2D #2DBE80 #382DBE #BE2D6A

split-complementary

#B3BE2D #2D6ABE #802DBE

monochromatic

#565B16 #848D21 #B3BE2D #CCD652 #DBE284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#B3BE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE2D

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE2D	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#CCB404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.159 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd172',
    500: '#b3be2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be2d;
$custom-light: #cdd172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.552,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE2D

secondary

#827CCB

accent

#43E54F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE2D

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

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