#B3BE3C#B3BE3C

#B3BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.150 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3BE3C
RGBrgb(179, 190, 60)
HSLhsl(65, 52%, 49%)
HSVhsv(65, 68%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(5.8%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.02, -20.26, 61.21)
CIE-LCHlch(74.02, 64.48, 108.32°)
OKLaboklab(76.91% -0.0614 0.1371)
OKLCHoklch(76.91% 0.15 114.1)
XYZxyz(37.8205, 46.7376, 11.3030)
Luminance0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3BE3C #473CBE
analogous
#BE883C #B3BE3C #72BE3C
triadic
#B3BE3C #3CB3BE #BE3CB3
tetradic
#B3BE3C #3CBE88 #473CBE #BE3C72
square
#B3BE3C #3CBE88 #473CBE #BE3C72
split-complementary
#B3BE3C #3C72BE #883CBE
monochromatic
#5B611F #878F2D #B3BE3C #C7CF68 #D8DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#B3BE3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35
#B3BE3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE3C
10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3BE3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3BE3C1.002.0310.3510.35
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3521.001.001.00
##00000010.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB528
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB746
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.150 114.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd179',
    500: '#b3be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3be3c;
$custom-light: #cdd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76909,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3BE3C
secondary
#918CCA
accent
#4CDB58
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#14140A
muted
#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE3C

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#B3BE3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva