#B3C12E#B3C12E
#B3C12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.162 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C12E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 193, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 62%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 76%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 76.2%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.78, -22.43, 66.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.78, 70.47, 108.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.49% -0.0686 0.1465) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.49% 0.162 115.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.1546, 47.9216, 9.8241) |
| Luminance | 0.4792 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.13
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.14
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.26
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.88
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.50
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C12E #3C2EC1
analogous
#C1852E #B3C12E #6AC12E
triadic
#B3C12E #2EB3C1 #C12EB3
tetradic
#B3C12E #2EC185 #3C2EC1 #C12E6A
square
#B3C12E #2EC185 #3C2EC1 #C12E6A
split-complementary
#B3C12E #2E6AC1 #852EC1
monochromatic
#575E16 #859022 #B3C12E #CAD756 #DAE287
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#B3C12E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.58
#B3C12E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C12E
10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C12E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C12E | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.58 | 10.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB704
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEB93B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB6A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c12e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 193, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.162 115.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd373',
500: '#b3c12e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c12e; $custom-light: #cdd373; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c12e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 193,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.714,
"s": 61.506,
"l": 46.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77487,
"c": 0.1618,
"h": 115.1
},
"luminance": 0.47921
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C12E
secondary
#867FCC
accent
#43E553
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#141409
muted
#83827B