#B3C842#B3C842

#B3C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.157 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C842
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -24.82, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 66.57, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0735 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.157 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2289, 51.2860, 12.9331)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C842 #5742C8

analogous

#C89A42 #B3C842 #70C842

triadic

#B3C842 #42B3C8 #C842B3

tetradic

#B3C842 #42C89A #5742C8 #C84270

square

#B3C842 #42C89A #5742C8 #C84270

split-complementary

#B3C842 #4270C8 #9A42C8

monochromatic

#636F20 #8D9F2E #B3C842 #C6D671 #D9E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B3C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#B3C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C842

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C842	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd87e',
    500: '#b3c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c842;
$custom-light: #cdd87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79193,
    "c": 0.15742,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C842

secondary

#403679

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C842

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

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