#B3C042#B3C042

#B3C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C042
RGB	rgb(179, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -20.90, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 63.04, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0625 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.148 115)
XYZ	xyz(38.4244, 47.6770, 12.3316)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C042 #4F42C0

analogous

#C08E42 #B3C042 #74C042

triadic

#B3C042 #42B3C0 #C042B3

tetradic

#B3C042 #42C08E #4F42C0 #C04274

square

#B3C042 #42C08E #4F42C0 #C04274

split-complementary

#B3C042 #4274C0 #8E42C0

monochromatic

#5F6622 #899431 #B3C042 #C5CF70 #D8DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B3C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B3C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C042

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C042	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd27d',
    500: '#b3c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c042;
$custom-light: #cdd27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.19,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77402,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.47676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C042

secondary

#9993CB

accent

#4EDA5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C042

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

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