#B3BE42#B3BE42

#B3BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.146 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE42
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -19.91, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 62.17, 108.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0598 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.146 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9882, 46.8047, 12.1862)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE42 #4D42BE

analogous

#BE8B42 #B3BE42 #75BE42

triadic

#B3BE42 #42B3BE #BE42B3

tetradic

#B3BE42 #42BE8B #4D42BE #BE4275

square

#B3BE42 #42BE8B #4D42BE #BE4275

split-complementary

#B3BE42 #4275BE #8B42BE

monochromatic

#5E6322 #899132 #B3BE42 #C5CE70 #D8DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B3BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE42

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.146 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17d',
    500: '#b3be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be42;
$custom-light: #cdd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.14596,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE42

secondary

#9792CA

accent

#4FD85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE42

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

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