#B3BE45#B3BE45

#B3BE45 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	#B3BE45
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -19.71, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 60.97, 108.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0589 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.144 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0790, 46.8410, 12.6643)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE45 #5045BE

analogous

#BE8D45 #B3BE45 #76BE45

triadic

#B3BE45 #45B3BE #BE45B3

tetradic

#B3BE45 #45BE8D #5045BE #BE4576

square

#B3BE45 #45BE8D #5045BE #BE4576

split-complementary

#B3BE45 #4576BE #8D45BE

monochromatic

#5F6523 #8A9333 #B3BE45 #C6CE72 #D8DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#B3BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#B3BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE45

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE45	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)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.144 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd17e',
    500: '#b3be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be45;
$custom-light: #cdd17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE45

secondary

#9995CA

accent

#50D85C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE45

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

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