#B3CA3E#B3CA3E

#B3CA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.162 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CA3E
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -26.02, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 68.93, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.0772 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.162 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5813, 52.1729, 12.4890)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CA3E #553ECA

analogous

#CA9B3E #B3CA3E #6DCA3E

triadic

#B3CA3E #3EB3CA #CA3EB3

tetradic

#B3CA3E #3ECA9B #553ECA #CA3E6D

square

#B3CA3E #3ECA9B #553ECA #CA3E6D

split-complementary

#B3CA3E #3E6DCA #9B3ECA

monochromatic

#626F1F #8C9F2C #B3CA3E #C6D76E #D9E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B3CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#B3CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CA3E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CA3E	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)

#D7BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEBFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.162 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdda7c',
    500: '#b3ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ca3e;
$custom-light: #cdda7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79612,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CA3E

secondary

#3F3478

accent

#48E061

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CA3E

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

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