#B3BE49#B3BE49

#B3BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE49
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -19.44, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 59.32, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0577 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.141 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2074, 46.8923, 13.3404)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE49 #5449BE

analogous

#BE8F49 #B3BE49 #79BE49

triadic

#B3BE49 #49B3BE #BE49B3

tetradic

#B3BE49 #49BE8F #5449BE #BE4979

square

#B3BE49 #49BE8F #5449BE #BE4979

split-complementary

#B3BE49 #4979BE #8F49BE

monochromatic

#616825 #8C9535 #B3BE49 #C6CE76 #D9DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B3BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B3BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE49

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE49	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd181',
    500: '#b3be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be49;
$custom-light: #ccd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.641,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7702,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE49

secondary

#9D98CB

accent

#51D75D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE49

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

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