#B3C449#B3C449

#B3C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.148 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C449
RGB	rgb(179, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -22.41, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 62.03, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0661 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.148 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5337, 49.5451, 13.7826)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C449 #5A49C4

analogous

#C49849 #B3C449 #75C449

triadic

#B3C449 #49B3C4 #C449B3

tetradic

#B3C449 #49C498 #5A49C4 #C44975

square

#B3C449 #49C498 #5A49C4 #C44975

split-complementary

#B3C449 #4975C4 #9849C4

monochromatic

#646F24 #8E9D33 #B3C449 #C6D377 #DAE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B3C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#B3C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C449

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C449	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.148 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd581',
    500: '#b3c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c449;
$custom-light: #ccd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.293,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78357,
    "c": 0.14755,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C449

secondary

#A19ACF

accent

#4DDB61

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F9FAEF

border

#D2D3CA

text

#14140B

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C449

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

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