#B3CA3C#B3CA3C
#B3CA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.164 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3CA3C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 202, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 57%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 70%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 70.3%, 20.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.37, -26.13, 64.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.37, 69.64, 112.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.6% -0.0777 0.1441) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.6% 0.164 118.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.5274, 52.1514, 12.2053) |
| Luminance | 0.5215 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.21
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.33
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.81
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 3.95
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 3.99
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 4.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3CA3C #533CCA
analogous
#CA9A3C #B3CA3C #6CCA3C
triadic
#B3CA3C #3CB3CA #CA3CB3
tetradic
#B3CA3C #3CCA9A #533CCA #CA3C6C
square
#B3CA3C #3CCA9A #533CCA #CA3C6C
split-complementary
#B3CA3C #3C6CCA #9A3CCA
monochromatic
#616E1E #8B9E2B #B3CA3C #C6D76C #D9E49C
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.84
#B3CA3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.43
#B3CA3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3CA3C
11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3CA3C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3CA3C | 1.00 | 1.84 | 11.43 | 11.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C047
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEBFAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3ca3c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.164 118.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#cdda7b',
500: '#b3ca3c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3ca3c; $custom-light: #cdda7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3ca3c",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 202,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.718,
"s": 57.258,
"l": 51.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79598,
"c": 0.16372,
"h": 118.3
},
"luminance": 0.52151
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3CA3C
secondary
#3E3377
accent
#47E160
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#14140A
muted
#83837D