#B3C238#B3C238

#B3C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.157 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C238
RGB	rgb(179, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -22.45, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 67.61, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0678 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.157 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5970, 48.4534, 11.0598)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C238 #4738C2

analogous

#C28C38 #B3C238 #6EC238

triadic

#B3C238 #38B3C2 #C238B3

tetradic

#B3C238 #38C28C #4738C2 #C2386E

square

#B3C238 #38C28C #4738C2 #C2386E

split-complementary

#B3C238 #386EC2 #8C38C2

monochromatic

#5B631D #87932A #B3C238 #C7D265 #D8E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B3C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B3C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C238

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C238	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.157 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd478',
    500: '#b3c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c238;
$custom-light: #cdd478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77773,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C238

secondary

#918ACB

accent

#49DF59

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C238

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

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