#B3CD38#B3CD38

#B3CD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.170 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B3CD38
RGBrgb(179, 205, 56)
HSLhsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(70, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(12.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(78.19, -27.77, 66.75)
CIE-LCHlch(78.19, 72.30, 112.59°)
OKLaboklab(80.25% -0.0826 0.1481)
OKLCHoklch(80.25% 0.17 119.1)
XYZxyz(41.1364, 53.5321, 11.9063)
Luminance0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B3CD38 #5238CD
analogous
#CD9C38 #B3CD38 #68CD38
triadic
#B3CD38 #38B3CD #CD38B3
tetradic
#B3CD38 #38CD9C #5238CD #CD3868
square
#B3CD38 #38CD9C #5238CD #CD3868
split-complementary
#B3CD38 #3868CD #9C38CD
monochromatic
#606F1C #8BA028 #B3CD38 #C6D969 #D8E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#B3CD38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71
#B3CD38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CD38
11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B3CD38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B3CD381.001.7911.7111.71
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7121.001.001.00
##00000011.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC11A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D7C245
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BEC2B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b3cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.170 119.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddc79',
    500: '#b3cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b3cd38;
$custom-light: #cddc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b3cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.47,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80247,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B3CD38
secondary
#3E3178
accent
#45E360
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFCF2
border
#D4D5CC
text
#14150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CD38

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#B3CD38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva