#B3C42E#B3C42E

#B3C42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.165 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C42E
RGB	rgb(179, 196, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -23.90, 67.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 71.68, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0727 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.165 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8245, 49.2614, 10.0474)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C42E #3F2EC4

analogous

#C48A2E #B3C42E #68C42E

triadic

#B3C42E #2EB3C4 #C42EB3

tetradic

#B3C42E #2EC48A #3F2EC4 #C42E68

square

#B3C42E #2EC48A #3F2EC4 #C42E68

split-complementary

#B3C42E #2E68C4 #8A2EC4

monochromatic

#586117 #869222 #B3C42E #C9D858 #D9E389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#B3C42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#B3C42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C42E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C42E	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFB9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 196, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.165 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd573',
    500: '#b3c42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c42e;
$custom-light: #cdd573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.8,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C42E

secondary

#8981CD

accent

#43E555

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C42E

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

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