#B3BE40#B3BE40

#B3BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.147 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE40
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -20.03, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 62.96, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0603 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.147 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9303, 46.7815, 11.8811)
Luminance	0.4678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE40 #4B40BE

analogous

#BE8A40 #B3BE40 #74BE40

triadic

#B3BE40 #40B3BE #BE40B3

tetradic

#B3BE40 #40BE8A #4B40BE #BE4074

square

#B3BE40 #40BE8A #4B40BE #BE4074

split-complementary

#B3BE40 #4074BE #8A40BE

monochromatic

#5D6221 #889031 #B3BE40 #C5CE6D #D8DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B3BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE40

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE40	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.147 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17c',
    500: '#b3be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be40;
$custom-light: #cdd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7694,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE40

secondary

#9590C9

accent

#4FD95B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE40

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

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