#B3D559#B3D559

#B3D559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.155 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3D559
RGB	rgb(179, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(76, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -29.38, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 63.53, 117.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.084 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.155 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1882, 57.8933, 18.2958)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3D559 #7B59D5

analogous

#D5B959 #B3D559 #75D559

triadic

#B3D559 #59B3D5 #D559B3

tetradic

#B3D559 #59D5B9 #7B59D5 #D55975

square

#B3D559 #59D5B9 #7B59D5 #D55975

split-complementary

#B3D559 #5975D5 #B959D5

monochromatic

#728F24 #99C031 #B3D559 #C9E18A #E0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B3D559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#B3D559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3D559

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3D559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3D559	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BBCBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3d559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.155 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cce28c',
    500: '#b3d559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3d559;
$custom-light: #cce28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3d559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.452,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82333,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3D559

secondary

#553D95

accent

#45E370

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3D559

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

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