#B3C831#B3C831
#B3C831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.168 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C831 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 200, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 61%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 76%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.75, -25.71, 67.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.75, 72.41, 110.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.08% -0.0774 0.1489) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.08% 0.168 117.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.8000, 51.1145, 10.6746) |
| Luminance | 0.5111 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.59
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.86
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.89
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.90
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.44
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C831 #4631C8
analogous
#C89231 #B3C831 #68C831
triadic
#B3C831 #31B3C8 #C831B3
tetradic
#B3C831 #31C892 #4631C8 #C83168
square
#B3C831 #31C892 #4631C8 #C83168
split-complementary
#B3C831 #3168C8 #9231C8
monochromatic
#5B6619 #879725 #B3C831 #C7D85F #D8E490
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.87
#B3C831 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.22
#B3C831 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C831
11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C831 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C831 | 1.00 | 1.87 | 11.22 | 11.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.87 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BD09
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BE3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEBDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c831; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.168 117.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd875',
500: '#b3c831',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c831; $custom-light: #cdd875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c831",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 200,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.344,
"s": 60.643,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79077,
"c": 0.16785,
"h": 117.5
},
"luminance": 0.51114
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C831
secondary
#372D70
accent
#44E45A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#141409
muted
#83837D