#B3C249#B3C249

#B3C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.145 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C249
RGB	rgb(179, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -21.43, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 61.12, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0633 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.145 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0856, 48.6489, 13.6332)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C249 #5849C2

analogous

#C29549 #B3C249 #77C249

triadic

#B3C249 #49B3C2 #C249B3

tetradic

#B3C249 #49C295 #5849C2 #C24977

square

#B3C249 #49C295 #5849C2 #C24977

split-complementary

#B3C249 #4977C2 #9549C2

monochromatic

#636C24 #8D9A34 #B3C249 #C6D177 #D9E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B3C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#B3C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C249

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C249	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.145 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd481',
    500: '#b3c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c249;
$custom-light: #ccd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.438,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7791,
    "c": 0.1452,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C249

secondary

#A099CE

accent

#4ED960

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9EF

border

#D2D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C249

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

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