#B3BE8A#B3BE8A

#B3BE8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.071 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE8A
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(73, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -12.56, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 28.03, 116.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0332 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.071 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5910, 48.2458, 31.1611)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE8A #958ABE

analogous

#BEAF8A #B3BE8A #99BE8A

triadic

#B3BE8A #8AB3BE #BE8AB3

tetradic

#B3BE8A #8ABEAF #958ABE #BE8A99

square

#B3BE8A #8ABEAF #958ABE #BE8A99

split-complementary

#B3BE8A #8A99BE #AF8ABE

monochromatic

#788449 #99A863 #B3BE8A #CDD4B1 #E6EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#B3BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE8A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE8A	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.071 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1ac',
    500: '#b3be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be8a;
$custom-light: #cad1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.692,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77984,
    "c": 0.07132,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE8A

secondary

#CDC9DB

accent

#3EA754

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE8A

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

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