#B3BE36#B3BE36

#B3BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.154 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE36
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -20.58, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 66.64, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0628 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.154 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6708, 46.6777, 10.5146)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE36 #4136BE

analogous

#BE8536 #B3BE36 #6FBE36

triadic

#B3BE36 #36B3BE #BE36B3

tetradic

#B3BE36 #36BE85 #4136BE #BE366F

square

#B3BE36 #36BE85 #4136BE #BE366F

split-complementary

#B3BE36 #366FBE #8536BE

monochromatic

#595F1B #868E28 #B3BE36 #C8D260 #D9DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B3BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE36

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE36	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.154 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd176',
    500: '#b3be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be36;
$custom-light: #cdd176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE36

secondary

#8B86CA

accent

#49DF55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE36

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

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