#B3C856#B3C856

#B3C856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.142 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C856
RGB	rgb(179, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -23.39, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 58.42, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0675 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.142 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9250, 51.5644, 16.5993)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C856 #6B56C8

analogous

#C8A456 #B3C856 #7AC856

triadic

#B3C856 #56B3C8 #C856B3

tetradic

#B3C856 #56C8A4 #6B56C8 #C8567A

square

#B3C856 #56C8A4 #6B56C8 #C8567A

split-complementary

#B3C856 #567AC8 #A456C8

monochromatic

#6C7B28 #95AA37 #B3C856 #C8D784 #DDE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B3C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#B3C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C856

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C856	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.142 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd889',
    500: '#b3c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c856;
$custom-light: #ccd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.053,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79382,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C856

secondary

#4B3F84

accent

#4DDA67

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C856

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

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