#B3C72A#B3C72A

#B3C72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.170 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C72A
RGB	rgb(179, 199, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -25.51, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 74.03, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0774 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.17 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4328, 50.5982, 9.8792)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C72A #3E2AC7

analogous

#C78C2A #B3C72A #65C72A

triadic

#B3C72A #2AB3C7 #C72AB3

tetradic

#B3C72A #2AC78C #3E2AC7 #C72A65

square

#B3C72A #2AC78C #3E2AC7 #C72A65

split-complementary

#B3C72A #2A65C7 #8C2AC7

monochromatic

#586215 #86941F #B3C72A #CADB53 #D9E586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#B3C72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#B3C72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C72A

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C72A	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 199, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.170 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced772',
    500: '#b3c72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c72a;
$custom-light: #ced772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.643,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C72A

secondary

#31296D

accent

#40E855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C72A

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

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