#B3BE3A#B3BE3A

#B3BE3A 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	#B3BE3A
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -20.37, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 65.22, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0619 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.152 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7686, 46.7168, 11.0298)
Luminance	0.4672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE3A #453ABE

analogous

#BE873A #B3BE3A #71BE3A

triadic

#B3BE3A #3AB3BE #BE3AB3

tetradic

#B3BE3A #3ABE87 #453ABE #BE3A71

square

#B3BE3A #3ABE87 #453ABE #BE3A71

split-complementary

#B3BE3A #3A71BE #873ABE

monochromatic

#5B601D #878F2C #B3BE3A #C7D065 #D8DE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#B3BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE3A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE3A	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)

#CCB524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.152 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd178',
    500: '#b3be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be3a;
$custom-light: #cdd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE3A

secondary

#8F8ACA

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE3A

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

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