#B3C638#B3C638

#B3C638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.162 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C638
RGB	rgb(179, 198, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -24.41, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 69.30, 110.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0733 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.162 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4992, 50.2579, 11.3605)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C638 #4B38C6

analogous

#C69238 #B3C638 #6CC638

triadic

#B3C638 #38B3C6 #C638B3

tetradic

#B3C638 #38C692 #4B38C6 #C6386C

square

#B3C638 #38C692 #4B38C6 #C6386C

split-complementary

#B3C638 #386CC6 #9238C6

monochromatic

#5D671D #88962B #B3C638 #C5D467 #D8E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B3C638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B3C638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C638

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C638	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 198, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.162 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd778',
    500: '#b3c638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c638;
$custom-light: #cdd778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C638

secondary

#3A3171

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C638

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

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