#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
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -27.77, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 72.30, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0826 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.17 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1364, 53.5321, 11.9063)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##B3CD38	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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