#B3CA2E#B3CA2E
#B3CA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.172 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3CA2E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 202, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 63%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 77%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.29, -26.80, 69.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.29, 74.13, 111.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.51% -0.0807 0.1514) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.51% 0.172 118) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.2050, 52.0224, 10.5076) |
| Luminance | 0.5202 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 2.11
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.03
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.09
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.17
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.60
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 3.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3CA2E #452ECA
analogous
#CA932E #B3CA2E #65CA2E
triadic
#B3CA2E #2EB3CA #CA2EB3
tetradic
#B3CA2E #2ECA93 #452ECA #CA2E65
square
#B3CA2E #2ECA93 #452ECA #CA2E65
split-complementary
#B3CA2E #2E65CA #932ECA
monochromatic
#5B6617 #879823 #B3CA2E #C7DA5B #D8E58D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.84
#B3CA2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.40
#B3CA2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3CA2E
11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3CA2E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3CA2E | 1.00 | 1.84 | 11.40 | 11.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8BF00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C03D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEBFAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3ca2e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.172 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ceda74',
500: '#b3ca2e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3ca2e; $custom-light: #ceda74; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3ca2e",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 202,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.846,
"s": 62.903,
"l": 48.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79511,
"c": 0.17157,
"h": 118
},
"luminance": 0.52022
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3CA2E
secondary
#362C70
accent
#42E65A
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#141409
muted
#83837D