#B3BE8D#B3BE8D

#B3BE8D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.068 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3BE8D
RGB	rgb(179, 190, 141)
HSL	hsl(73, 27%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 26%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 25.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -12.13, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 26.48, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.032 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.068 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8112, 48.3339, 32.3208)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3BE8D #988DBE

analogous

#BEB08D #B3BE8D #9BBE8D

triadic

#B3BE8D #8DB3BE #BE8DB3

tetradic

#B3BE8D #8DBEB0 #988DBE #BE8D9B

square

#B3BE8D #8DBEB0 #988DBE #BE8D9B

split-complementary

#B3BE8D #8D9BBE #B08DBE

monochromatic

#78854C #99A866 #B3BE8D #CDD4B4 #E7EADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3BE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B3BE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3BE8D

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3BE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3BE8D	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3be8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 190, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.068 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad1ae',
    500: '#b3be8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3be8d;
$custom-light: #cad1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3be8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.469,
    "s": 27.374,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78047,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3BE8D

secondary

#CFCBDC

accent

#40A657

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3BE8D

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

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