#B3C256#B3C256

#B3C256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.134 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C256
RGB	rgb(179, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.35, -20.43, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.35, 55.54, 111.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0592 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.134 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5626, 48.8396, 16.1451)
Luminance	0.4884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C256 #6556C2

analogous

#C29B56 #B3C256 #7DC256

triadic

#B3C256 #56B3C2 #C256B3

tetradic

#B3C256 #56C29B #6556C2 #C2567D

square

#B3C256 #56C29B #6556C2 #C2567D

split-complementary

#B3C256 #567DC2 #9B56C2

monochromatic

#6A742A #93A13A #B3C256 #C7D283 #DBE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B3C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#B3C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C256

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C256	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.134 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd489',
    500: '#b3c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c256;
$custom-light: #ccd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C256

secondary

#A9A3D1

accent

#51D764

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F9F9F0

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C256

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

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