#B3BE4F#B3BE4F
#B3BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.136 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3BE4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 190, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 46%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 58%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.17, -19.00, 53.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.17, 56.76, 109.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.08% -0.0559 0.1235) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.08% 0.136 114.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.4160, 46.9758, 14.4391) |
| Luminance | 0.4698 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 4.49
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.65
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 4.69
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 4.73
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.82
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 5.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3BE4F #5A4FBE
analogous
#BE914F #B3BE4F #7BBE4F
triadic
#B3BE4F #4FB3BE #BE4FB3
tetradic
#B3BE4F #4FBE91 #5A4FBE #BE4F7B
square
#B3BE4F #4FBE91 #5A4FBE #BE4F7B
split-complementary
#B3BE4F #4F7BBE #914FBE
monochromatic
#646B28 #8E9838 #B3BE4F #C6CF7C #DADFA8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.02
#B3BE4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.40
#B3BE4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3BE4F
10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3BE4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3BE4F | 1.00 | 2.02 | 10.40 | 10.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB543
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB756
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEB4A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3be4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.136 114.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccd184',
500: '#b3be4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3be4f; $custom-light: #ccd184; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3be4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 190,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.946,
"s": 46.058,
"l": 52.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7708,
"c": 0.13553,
"h": 114.4
},
"luminance": 0.46975
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3BE4F
secondary
#A19CCC
accent
#52D65F
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F9F9EF
border
#D2D2CA
text
#14140B
muted
#82827C