#B3BE53#B3BE53

#B3BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.132 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE53
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -18.69, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 54.99, 109.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0546 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.132 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5660, 47.0358, 15.2291)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE53 #5E53BE

analogous

#BE9353 #B3BE53 #7DBE53

triadic

#B3BE53 #53B3BE #BE53B3

tetradic

#B3BE53 #53BE93 #5E53BE #BE537D

square

#B3BE53 #53BE93 #5E53BE #BE537D

split-complementary

#B3BE53 #537DBE #9353BE

monochromatic

#666D29 #909A3A #B3BE53 #C7CF7F #DAE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B3BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B3BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE53

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE53	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.132 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd187',
    500: '#b3be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be53;
$custom-light: #ccd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.168,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77123,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE53

secondary

#A49FCD

accent

#53D560

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE53

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

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