#B3BE43#B3BE43

#B3BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.145 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE43
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -19.84, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 61.78, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0595 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.145 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0179, 46.8165, 12.3429)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE43 #4E43BE

analogous

#BE8C43 #B3BE43 #75BE43

triadic

#B3BE43 #43B3BE #BE43B3

tetradic

#B3BE43 #43BE8C #4E43BE #BE4375

square

#B3BE43 #43BE8C #4E43BE #BE4375

split-complementary

#B3BE43 #4375BE #8C43BE

monochromatic

#5E6423 #899132 #B3BE43 #C5CE70 #D8DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#B3BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE43

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE43	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)

#CBB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.145 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17d',
    500: '#b3be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be43;
$custom-light: #cdd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.366,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76965,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE43

secondary

#9893CA

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE43

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

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