#B3C242#B3C242

#B3C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C242
RGB	rgb(179, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -21.89, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 63.92, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0653 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.151 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8665, 48.5612, 12.4790)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C242 #5142C2

analogous

#C29142 #B3C242 #73C242

triadic

#B3C242 #42B3C2 #C242B3

tetradic

#B3C242 #42C291 #5142C2 #C24273

square

#B3C242 #42C291 #5142C2 #C24273

split-complementary

#B3C242 #4273C2 #9142C2

monochromatic

#606822 #8A9631 #B3C242 #C6D170 #D8E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B3C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B3C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C242

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C242	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd47d',
    500: '#b3c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c242;
$custom-light: #cdd47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.031,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C242

secondary

#9A94CC

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9EE

border

#D2D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C242

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

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