#B3CD3B#B3CD3B

#B3CD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.168 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CD3B
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -27.62, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 71.30, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0819 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.168 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2120, 53.5624, 12.3043)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CD3B #553BCD

analogous

#CD9E3B #B3CD3B #6ACD3B

triadic

#B3CD3B #3BB3CD #CD3BB3

tetradic

#B3CD3B #3BCD9E #553BCD #CD3B6A

square

#B3CD3B #3BCD9E #553BCD #CD3B6A

split-complementary

#B3CD3B #3B6ACD #9E3BCD

monochromatic

#62711D #8CA229 #B3CD3B #C6D96C #D9E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B3CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#B3CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CD3B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CD3B	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)

#DAC121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.168 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddc7a',
    500: '#b3cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cd3b;
$custom-light: #cddc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.685,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80267,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CD3B

secondary

#3F327A

accent

#45E361

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CD3B

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

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