#B3E059#B3E059

#B3E059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.169 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E059
RGB	rgb(179, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(80, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(80, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -34.50, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 69.00, 120.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0982 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.169 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.0494, 63.6158, 19.2496)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E059 #8659E0

analogous

#E0CA59 #B3E059 #70E059

triadic

#B3E059 #59B3E0 #E059B3

tetradic

#B3E059 #59E0CA #8659E0 #E05970

square

#B3E059 #59E0CA #8659E0 #E05970

split-complementary

#B3E059 #5970E0 #CA59E0

monochromatic

#75A11E #9BD428 #B3E059 #CBEA8D #E2F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#B3E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#B3E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E059

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E059	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAD6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.169 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cde98d',
    500: '#b3e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e059;
$custom-light: #cde98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84822,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E059

secondary

#5D3AA4

accent

#15D054

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E059

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

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