#B3BE3B#B3BE3B

#B3BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.151 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE3B
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -20.32, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 64.85, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0616 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.151 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7943, 46.7271, 11.1651)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE3B #463BBE

analogous

#BE883B #B3BE3B #72BE3B

triadic

#B3BE3B #3BB3BE #BE3BB3

tetradic

#B3BE3B #3BBE88 #463BBE #BE3B72

square

#B3BE3B #3BBE88 #463BBE #BE3B72

split-complementary

#B3BE3B #3B72BE #883BBE

monochromatic

#5B611E #878F2C #B3BE3B #C7D067 #D8DE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B3BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE3B

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE3B	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.151 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd179',
    500: '#b3be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be3b;
$custom-light: #cdd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76901,
    "c": 0.15087,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE3B

secondary

#908BCA

accent

#4CDC58

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE3B

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

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