#B3BE55#B3BE55

#B3BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.130 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE55
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -18.52, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 54.10, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0539 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.13 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6443, 47.0671, 15.6417)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE55 #6055BE

analogous

#BE9555 #B3BE55 #7FBE55

triadic

#B3BE55 #55B3BE #BE55B3

tetradic

#B3BE55 #55BE95 #6055BE #BE557F

square

#B3BE55 #55BE95 #6055BE #BE557F

split-complementary

#B3BE55 #557FBE #9555BE

monochromatic

#676E2A #919B3B #B3BE55 #C7CF81 #DBE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#B3BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#B3BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE55

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE55	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)

#CAB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.130 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd188',
    500: '#b3be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be55;
$custom-light: #ccd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77145,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE55

secondary

#A6A1CE

accent

#53D461

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE55

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

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