#B3C059#B3C059

#B3C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C059
RGB	rgb(179, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -19.18, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 53.23, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0554 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.129 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2439, 48.0048, 16.6478)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C059 #6659C0

analogous

#C09A59 #B3C059 #7FC059

triadic

#B3C059 #59B3C0 #C059B3

tetradic

#B3C059 #59C09A #6659C0 #C0597F

square

#B3C059 #59C09A #6659C0 #C0597F

split-complementary

#B3C059 #597FC0 #9A59C0

monochromatic

#6A732C #939F3C #B3C059 #C7D185 #DCE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B3C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#B3C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C059

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C059	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd38b',
    500: '#b3c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c059;
$custom-light: #ccd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.573,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77635,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C059

secondary

#AAA5D0

accent

#53D563

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C059

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

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