#B3C438#B3C438

#B3C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.159 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C438
RGB	rgb(179, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -23.43, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 68.45, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0706 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.159 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0451, 49.3496, 11.2092)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C438 #4938C4

analogous

#C48F38 #B3C438 #6DC438

triadic

#B3C438 #38B3C4 #C438B3

tetradic

#B3C438 #38C48F #4938C4 #C4386D

square

#B3C438 #38C48F #4938C4 #C4386D

split-complementary

#B3C438 #386DC4 #8F38C4

monochromatic

#5C651D #88942A #B3C438 #C6D366 #D8E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#B3C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C438

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C438	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.159 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd578',
    500: '#b3c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c438;
$custom-light: #cdd578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78221,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C438

secondary

#938CCC

accent

#49DF5B

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#141409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C438

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

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