#B3CA38#B3CA38

#B3CA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.166 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CA38
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -26.34, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 71.01, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0786 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.166 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4256, 52.1107, 11.6693)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CA38 #4F38CA

analogous

#CA9838 #B3CA38 #6ACA38

triadic

#B3CA38 #38B3CA #CA38B3

tetradic

#B3CA38 #38CA98 #4F38CA #CA386A

square

#B3CA38 #38CA98 #4F38CA #CA386A

split-complementary

#B3CA38 #386ACA #9838CA

monochromatic

#5F6B1D #899B29 #B3CA38 #C5D768 #D8E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#B3CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CA38

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CA38	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.166 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdda79',
    500: '#b3ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ca38;
$custom-light: #cdda79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.452,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7957,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CA38

secondary

#3C3175

accent

#47E15F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CA38

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

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