#B3CE42#B3CE42

#B3CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.164 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3CE42
RGB	rgb(179, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -27.70, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 69.27, 113.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0815 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.164 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6458, 54.1199, 13.4054)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3CE42 #5D42CE

analogous

#CEA342 #B3CE42 #6DCE42

triadic

#B3CE42 #42B3CE #CE42B3

tetradic

#B3CE42 #42CEA3 #5D42CE #CE426D

square

#B3CE42 #42CEA3 #5D42CE #CE426D

split-complementary

#B3CE42 #426DCE #A342CE

monochromatic

#66771F #8FA72B #B3CE42 #C7DB73 #DAE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#B3CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#B3CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3CE42

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3CE42	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDC3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.164 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cddd7e',
    500: '#b3ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3ce42;
$custom-light: #cddd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.16443,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3CE42

secondary

#43357F

accent

#46E264

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3CE42

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

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