#B3C838#B3C838

#B3C838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.164 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C838
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -25.38, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 70.15, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0759 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.164 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9594, 51.1782, 11.5139)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C838 #4D38C8

analogous

#C89538 #B3C838 #6BC838

triadic

#B3C838 #38B3C8 #C838B3

tetradic

#B3C838 #38C895 #4D38C8 #C8386B

square

#B3C838 #38C895 #4D38C8 #C8386B

split-complementary

#B3C838 #386BC8 #9538C8

monochromatic

#5E691D #89992A #B3C838 #C5D568 #D8E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B3C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#B3C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C838

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C838	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.164 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd878',
    500: '#b3c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c838;
$custom-light: #cdd878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7912,
    "c": 0.1639,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C838

secondary

#3B3273

accent

#48E05E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C838

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

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