#B3C440#B3C440
#B3C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C440 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 196, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 53%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 67%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.72, -22.99, 61.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.72, 65.56, 110.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.28% -0.0686 0.1381) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.28% 0.154 116.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.2566, 49.4342, 12.3232) |
| Luminance | 0.4943 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.09
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.75
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.78
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.81
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.81
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 4.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C440 #5140C4
analogous
#C49340 #B3C440 #71C440
triadic
#B3C440 #40B3C4 #C440B3
tetradic
#B3C440 #40C493 #5140C4 #C44071
square
#B3C440 #40C493 #5140C4 #C44071
split-complementary
#B3C440 #4071C4 #9340C4
monochromatic
#606920 #8A982F #B3C440 #C6D26F #D8E19E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.93
#B3C440 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.89
#B3C440 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C440
10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C440 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C440 | 1.00 | 1.93 | 10.89 | 10.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.93 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BC4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEB9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c440; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 196, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 116.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd57c',
500: '#b3c440',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c440; $custom-light: #cdd57c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c440",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 196,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.727,
"s": 52.8,
"l": 50.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7828,
"c": 0.1542,
"h": 116.4
},
"luminance": 0.49434
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C440
secondary
#9A93CD
accent
#4CDC5E
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAEE
border
#D2D3C9
text
#14140A
muted
#82837C