#B3C539#B3C539
#B3C539 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.160 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C539 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 197, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 55%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 71%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 22.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.95, -23.87, 64.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.95, 68.53, 110.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.45% -0.0717 0.143) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.45% 0.16 116.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.2961, 49.8121, 11.4147) |
| Luminance | 0.4981 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.81
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.14
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.18
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.45
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.51
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C539 #4B39C5
analogous
#C59139 #B3C539 #6DC539
triadic
#B3C539 #39B3C5 #C539B3
tetradic
#B3C539 #39C591 #4B39C5 #C5396D
square
#B3C539 #39C591 #4B39C5 #C5396D
split-complementary
#B3C539 #396DC5 #9139C5
monochromatic
#5D661E #88962B #B3C539 #C5D368 #D8E197
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#B3C539 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.96
#B3C539 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C539
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C539 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C539 | 1.00 | 1.92 | 10.96 | 10.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.92 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BB20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEBAAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c539; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 197, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.160 116.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd679',
500: '#b3c539',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c539; $custom-light: #cdd679; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c539",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 197,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.714,
"s": 55.118,
"l": 49.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78452,
"c": 0.15993,
"h": 116.6
},
"luminance": 0.49812
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C539
secondary
#958DCD
accent
#49DE5D
background
#FDFDF7
surface
#FAFAEE
border
#D3D3C9
text
#14140A
muted
#83837C