#B3BE37#B3BE37

#B3BE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.153 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE37
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -20.53, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 66.29, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0626 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.153 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6945, 46.6872, 10.6395)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE37 #4237BE

analogous

#BE8537 #B3BE37 #6FBE37

triadic

#B3BE37 #37B3BE #BE37B3

tetradic

#B3BE37 #37BE85 #4237BE #BE376F

square

#B3BE37 #37BE85 #4237BE #BE376F

split-complementary

#B3BE37 #376FBE #8537BE

monochromatic

#5A5F1C #868F29 #B3BE37 #C8D161 #D9DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B3BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE37

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE37	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)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd177',
    500: '#b3be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be37;
$custom-light: #cdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76872,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE37

secondary

#8C87CA

accent

#49DE56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE37

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

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