#B3C916#B3C916

#B3C916 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.179 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C916
RGB	rgb(179, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -27.05, 74.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 79.19, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0828 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.179 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6230, 51.4154, 8.5957)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C916 #2C16C9

analogous

#C98516 #B3C916 #59C916

triadic

#B3C916 #16B3C9 #C916B3

tetradic

#B3C916 #16C985 #2C16C9 #C91659

square

#B3C916 #16C985 #2C16C9 #C91659

split-complementary

#B3C916 #1659C9 #8516C9

monochromatic

#515B0A #829210 #B3C916 #D2E933 #DFEF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B3C916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#B3C916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C916

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C916	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.179 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced96b',
    500: '#b3c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c916;
$custom-light: #ced96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.374,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79191,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C916

secondary

#261D66

accent

#31F749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141408

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C916

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

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