#B3BE4A#B3BE4A

#B3BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE4A
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -19.37, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 58.90, 109.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0574 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.14 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2408, 46.9057, 13.5165)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE4A #554ABE

analogous

#BE8F4A #B3BE4A #79BE4A

triadic

#B3BE4A #4AB3BE #BE4AB3

tetradic

#B3BE4A #4ABE8F #554ABE #BE4A79

square

#B3BE4A #4ABE8F #554ABE #BE4A79

split-complementary

#B3BE4A #4A79BE #8F4ABE

monochromatic

#626825 #8C9536 #B3BE4A #C6CE77 #D9DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B3BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#B3BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE4A

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE4A	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)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd181',
    500: '#b3be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be4a;
$custom-light: #ccd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.69,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77029,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE4A

secondary

#9D98CB

accent

#51D75E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE4A

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

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