#B3C239#B3C239
#B3C239 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 | #B3C239 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 194, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(67, 55%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(67, 71%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.12, -22.40, 63.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.12, 67.26, 109.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.78% -0.0676 0.1412) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.78% 0.157 115.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6217, 48.4633, 11.1899) |
| Luminance | 0.4846 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.91
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.96
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.04
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.14
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.67
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 4.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C239 #4839C2
analogous
#C28D39 #B3C239 #6FC239
triadic
#B3C239 #39B3C2 #C239B3
tetradic
#B3C239 #39C28D #4839C2 #C2396F
square
#B3C239 #39C28D #4839C2 #C2396F
split-complementary
#B3C239 #396FC2 #8D39C2
monochromatic
#5C631D #87932B #B3C239 #C6D266 #D8E095
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#B3C239 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.69
#B3C239 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C239
10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C239 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C239 | 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)
#D0B821
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEB7A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c239; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.157 115.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd478',
500: '#b3c239',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c239; $custom-light: #cdd478; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c239",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 194,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 66.569,
"s": 54.582,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7778,
"c": 0.15658,
"h": 115.6
},
"luminance": 0.48463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C239
secondary
#928BCB
accent
#4ADE5A
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF9EE
border
#D3D2C9
text
#141409
muted
#83827B