#B3BE59#B3BE59

#B3BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE59
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -18.18, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 52.28, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0525 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.126 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8077, 47.1325, 16.5024)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE59 #6459BE

analogous

#BE9759 #B3BE59 #80BE59

triadic

#B3BE59 #59B3BE #BE59B3

tetradic

#B3BE59 #59BE97 #6459BE #BE5980

square

#B3BE59 #59BE97 #6459BE #BE5980

split-complementary

#B3BE59 #5980BE #9759BE

monochromatic

#69712C #929D3D #B3BE59 #C7CF85 #DBE0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B3BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#B3BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE59

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE59	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd18b',
    500: '#b3be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be59;
$custom-light: #ccd18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.535,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77192,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE59

secondary

#A9A4CF

accent

#54D362

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE59

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

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