#B3CB42#B3CB42

#B3CB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.161 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CB42
RGB	rgb(179, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -26.26, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 67.92, 112.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0775 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.161 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9305, 52.6892, 13.1670)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CB42 #5A42CB

analogous

#CB9E42 #B3CB42 #6ECB42

triadic

#B3CB42 #42B3CB #CB42B3

tetradic

#B3CB42 #42CB9E #5A42CB #CB426E

square

#B3CB42 #42CB9E #5A42CB #CB426E

split-complementary

#B3CB42 #426ECB #9E42CB

monochromatic

#647320 #8EA32D #B3CB42 #C6D872 #DAE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B3CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#B3CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CB42

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CB42	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.161 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdda7e',
    500: '#b3cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cb42;
$custom-light: #cdda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.511,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79868,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CB42

secondary

#42357C

accent

#48E062

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CB42

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

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