#B3CD59#B3CD59

#B3CD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.145 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CD59
RGB	rgb(179, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(73, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -25.56, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 59.56, 115.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0733 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.145 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2254, 53.9677, 17.6416)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CD59 #7359CD

analogous

#CDAD59 #B3CD59 #79CD59

triadic

#B3CD59 #59B3CD #CD59B3

tetradic

#B3CD59 #59CDAD #7359CD #CD5979

square

#B3CD59 #59CDAD #7359CD #CD5979

split-complementary

#B3CD59 #5979CD #AD59CD

monochromatic

#6F8428 #97B336 #B3CD59 #C9DB88 #DEE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B3CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#B3CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CD59

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CD59	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.145 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccdc8c',
    500: '#b3cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3cd59;
$custom-light: #ccdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.448,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80534,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CD59

secondary

#503F8B

accent

#4BDD6C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CD59

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

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