#B3CA59#B3CA59

#B3CA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.141 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CA59
RGB	rgb(179, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(72, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -24.11, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 58.09, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0693 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.141 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5146, 52.5462, 17.4047)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CA59 #7059CA

analogous

#CAA859 #B3CA59 #7BCA59

triadic

#B3CA59 #59B3CA #CA59B3

tetradic

#B3CA59 #59CAA8 #7059CA #CA597B

square

#B3CA59 #59CAA8 #7059CA #CA597B

split-complementary

#B3CA59 #597BCA #A859CA

monochromatic

#6E8029 #96AE38 #B3CA59 #C8D987 #DDE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B3CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#B3CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CA59

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CA59	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.141 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccda8b',
    500: '#b3ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ca59;
$custom-light: #ccda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.212,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79862,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CA59

secondary

#4E4088

accent

#4DDB6A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CA59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →