#B3BE38#B3BE38

#B3BE38 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	#B3BE38
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -20.48, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 65.94, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.0623 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.153 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7187, 46.6969, 10.7670)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE38 #4338BE

analogous

#BE8638 #B3BE38 #70BE38

triadic

#B3BE38 #38B3BE #BE38B3

tetradic

#B3BE38 #38BE86 #4338BE #BE3870

square

#B3BE38 #38BE86 #4338BE #BE3870

split-complementary

#B3BE38 #3870BE #8638BE

monochromatic

#5A5F1C #868F2A #B3BE38 #C8D162 #D8DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B3BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE38

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE38	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd177',
    500: '#b3be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be38;
$custom-light: #cdd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76879,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE38

secondary

#8D88CA

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE38

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

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