#B3C949#B3C949

#B3C949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.153 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3C949
RGB	rgb(179, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -24.85, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 64.32, 112.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0729 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.153 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6804, 51.8384, 14.1648)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3C949 #5F49C9

analogous

#C99F49 #B3C949 #73C949

triadic

#B3C949 #49B3C9 #C949B3

tetradic

#B3C949 #49C99F #5F49C9 #C94973

square

#B3C949 #49C99F #5F49C9 #C94973

split-complementary

#B3C949 #4973C9 #9F49C9

monochromatic

#677523 #90A431 #B3C949 #C7D778 #DAE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B3C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B3C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3C949

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3C949	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.153 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdd982',
    500: '#b3c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3c949;
$custom-light: #cdd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.313,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79477,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3C949

secondary

#44397E

accent

#4ADE64

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3C949

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

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