#B3BE39#B3BE39

#B3BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.152 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE39
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -20.43, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 65.58, 108.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0621 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.152 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7434, 46.7067, 10.8971)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE39 #4439BE

analogous

#BE8639 #B3BE39 #71BE39

triadic

#B3BE39 #39B3BE #BE39B3

tetradic

#B3BE39 #39BE86 #4439BE #BE3971

square

#B3BE39 #39BE86 #4439BE #BE3971

split-complementary

#B3BE39 #3971BE #8639BE

monochromatic

#5A601D #878F2B #B3BE39 #C7D064 #D8DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B3BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE39

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE39	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)

#CCB523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.152 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd178',
    500: '#b3be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be39;
$custom-light: #cdd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.962,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76886,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE39

secondary

#8E89CA

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE39

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

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