#B3BE50#B3BE50

#B3BE50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE50
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -18.92, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 56.32, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.0556 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.135 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4526, 46.9904, 14.6323)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE50 #5B50BE

analogous

#BE9250 #B3BE50 #7CBE50

triadic

#B3BE50 #50B3BE #BE50B3

tetradic

#B3BE50 #50BE92 #5B50BE #BE507C

square

#B3BE50 #50BE92 #5B50BE #BE507C

split-complementary

#B3BE50 #507CBE #9250BE

monochromatic

#656C28 #8F9839 #B3BE50 #C6CF7D #DADFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B3BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#B3BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE50

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE50	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)

#CBB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd185',
    500: '#b3be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be50;
$custom-light: #ccd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7709,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE50

secondary

#A29DCD

accent

#52D55F

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE50

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

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