#B3C231#B3C231

#B3C231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.161 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C231
RGB	rgb(179, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -22.79, 66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 69.94, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0694 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.161 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4376, 48.3897, 10.2204)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C231 #4031C2

analogous

#C28931 #B3C231 #6AC231

triadic

#B3C231 #31B3C2 #C231B3

tetradic

#B3C231 #31C289 #4031C2 #C2316A

square

#B3C231 #31C289 #4031C2 #C2316A

split-complementary

#B3C231 #316AC2 #8931C2

monochromatic

#596018 #869125 #B3C231 #C9D65B #D9E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B3C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B3C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C231

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C231	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)

#D0B80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.161 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd474',
    500: '#b3c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c231;
$custom-light: #cdd474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.207,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77728,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C231

secondary

#8A83CC

accent

#45E355

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C231

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

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