#B3CD42#B3CD42

#B3CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.163 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CD42
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -27.22, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 68.82, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0802 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.163 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4058, 53.6399, 13.3254)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CD42 #5C42CD

analogous

#CDA142 #B3CD42 #6DCD42

triadic

#B3CD42 #42B3CD #CD42B3

tetradic

#B3CD42 #42CDA1 #5C42CD #CD426D

square

#B3CD42 #42CDA1 #5C42CD #CD426D

split-complementary

#B3CD42 #426DCD #A142CD

monochromatic

#65761F #8FA62C #B3CD42 #C6DA72 #DAE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B3CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#B3CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CD42

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CD42	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.163 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddc7e',
    500: '#b3cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cd42;
$custom-light: #cddc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.223,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80318,
    "c": 0.16325,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CD42

secondary

#43357E

accent

#46E163

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CD42

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

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