#B3BE31#B3BE31

#B3BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.157 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE31
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -20.82, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 68.33, 107.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0639 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.157 114)
XYZ	xyz(37.5594, 46.6331, 9.9277)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE31 #3C31BE

analogous

#BE8331 #B3BE31 #6DBE31

triadic

#B3BE31 #31B3BE #BE31B3

tetradic

#B3BE31 #31BE83 #3C31BE #BE316D

square

#B3BE31 #31BE83 #3C31BE #BE316D

split-complementary

#B3BE31 #316DBE #8331BE

monochromatic

#575D18 #858D24 #B3BE31 #CAD458 #DAE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#B3BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE31

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE31	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.157 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd174',
    500: '#b3be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be31;
$custom-light: #cdd174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.681,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76833,
    "c": 0.15699,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.46632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE31

secondary

#8680CA

accent

#46E252

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE31

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

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