#B3C939#B3C939
#B3C939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.164 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3C939 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 201, 57) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 57%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 72%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 71.6%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.07, -25.81, 65.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.07, 70.24, 111.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.35% -0.077 0.1453) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.35% 0.164 117.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.2165, 51.6528, 11.7215) |
| Luminance | 0.5165 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.05
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.12
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.58
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.60
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.64
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 4.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3C939 #4F39C9
analogous
#C99739 #B3C939 #6BC939
triadic
#B3C939 #39B3C9 #C939B3
tetradic
#B3C939 #39C997 #4F39C9 #C9396B
square
#B3C939 #39C997 #4F39C9 #C9396B
split-complementary
#B3C939 #396BC9 #9739C9
monochromatic
#5F6B1D #899B2A #B3C939 #C5D669 #D8E399
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.85
#B3C939 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.33
#B3C939 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3C939
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3C939 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3C939 | 1.00 | 1.85 | 11.33 | 11.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.85 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE1E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4BF45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEBEAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3c939; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 201, 57); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.164 117.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdd979',
500: '#b3c939',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3c939; $custom-light: #cdd979; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3c939",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 201,
"b": 57
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.167,
"s": 57.143,
"l": 50.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79352,
"c": 0.16443,
"h": 117.9
},
"luminance": 0.51652
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3C939
secondary
#3C3274
accent
#47E05F
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#14140A
muted
#83837D