#B3C659#B3C659

#B3C659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.136 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C659
RGB	rgb(179, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(70, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -22.15, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 56.13, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0638 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.136 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5882, 50.6935, 17.0959)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C659 #6C59C6

analogous

#C6A359 #B3C659 #7DC659

triadic

#B3C659 #59B3C6 #C659B3

tetradic

#B3C659 #59C6A3 #6C59C6 #C6597D

square

#B3C659 #59C6A3 #6C59C6 #C6597D

split-complementary

#B3C659 #597DC6 #A359C6

monochromatic

#6D7B2A #95A83A #B3C659 #C8D687 #DDE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3C659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#B3C659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C659

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C659	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.136 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd78b',
    500: '#b3c659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c659;
$custom-light: #ccd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.459,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C659

secondary

#4C4083

accent

#4FD867

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C659

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

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