#B3CB49#B3CB49

#B3CB49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.156 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CB49
RGB	rgb(179, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -25.81, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 65.24, 113.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0756 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.156 119)
XYZ	xyz(41.1496, 52.7769, 14.3212)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CB49 #6149CB

analogous

#CBA249 #B3CB49 #72CB49

triadic

#B3CB49 #49B3CB #CB49B3

tetradic

#B3CB49 #49CBA2 #6149CB #CB4972

square

#B3CB49 #49CBA2 #6149CB #CB4972

split-complementary

#B3CB49 #4972CB #A249CB

monochromatic

#687722 #91A730 #B3CB49 #C7D979 #DBE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#B3CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#B3CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CB49

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CB49	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.156 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdda82',
    500: '#b3cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cb49;
$custom-light: #cdda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.52777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CB49

secondary

#463880

accent

#49DF65

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CB49

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

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