#B3BE44#B3BE44

#B3BE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.144 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE44
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -19.78, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 61.38, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0592 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.144 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0482, 46.8287, 12.5022)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE44 #4F44BE

analogous

#BE8C44 #B3BE44 #76BE44

triadic

#B3BE44 #44B3BE #BE44B3

tetradic

#B3BE44 #44BE8C #4F44BE #BE4476

square

#B3BE44 #44BE8C #4F44BE #BE4476

split-complementary

#B3BE44 #4476BE #8C44BE

monochromatic

#5F6523 #899233 #B3BE44 #C5CE71 #D8DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B3BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE44

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE44	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17e',
    500: '#b3be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be44;
$custom-light: #cdd17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE44

secondary

#9994CA

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE44

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

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