#B3BE3E#B3BE3E

#B3BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.149 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE3E
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -20.15, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 63.73, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0608 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.149 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8744, 46.7591, 11.5867)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE3E #493EBE

analogous

#BE893E #B3BE3E #73BE3E

triadic

#B3BE3E #3EB3BE #BE3EB3

tetradic

#B3BE3E #3EBE89 #493EBE #BE3E73

square

#B3BE3E #3EBE89 #493EBE #BE3E73

split-complementary

#B3BE3E #3E73BE #893EBE

monochromatic

#5C6220 #88902F #B3BE3E #C6CF6B #D8DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#B3BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE3E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE3E	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)

#CCB52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.149 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17b',
    500: '#b3be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be3e;
$custom-light: #cdd17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76924,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE3E

secondary

#938EC9

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE3E

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

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