#B3C230#B3C230
#B3C230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.162 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C230 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 194, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(66, 60%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(66, 75%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.06, -22.84, 66.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.06, 70.26, 108.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.72% -0.0696 0.1461) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.72% 0.162 115.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.4168, 48.3813, 10.1105) |
| Luminance | 0.4838 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.26
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.37
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.40
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.78
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.52
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 3.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C230 #3F30C2
analogous
#C28830 #B3C230 #6AC230
triadic
#B3C230 #30B3C2 #C230B3
tetradic
#B3C230 #30C288 #3F30C2 #C2306A
square
#B3C230 #30C288 #3F30C2 #C2306A
split-complementary
#B3C230 #306AC2 #8830C2
monochromatic
#586018 #869124 #B3C230 #C9D659 #D9E28A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.97
#B3C230 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.68
#B3C230 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C230
10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C230 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C230 | 1.00 | 1.97 | 10.68 | 10.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.97 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B80B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BFB7A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c230; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.162 115.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd474',
500: '#b3c230',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c230; $custom-light: #cdd474; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c230",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 194,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.164,
"s": 60.331,
"l": 47.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77722,
"c": 0.16182,
"h": 115.5
},
"luminance": 0.48381
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C230
secondary
#8982CC
accent
#44E355
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9ED
border
#D3D2C8
text
#141409
muted
#83827B