#B3E359#B3E359

#B3E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.173 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E359
RGB	rgb(179, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -35.87, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 70.49, 120.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.102 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.173 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8627, 65.2425, 19.5207)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E359 #8959E3

analogous

#E3CE59 #B3E359 #6EE359

triadic

#B3E359 #59B3E3 #E359B3

tetradic

#B3E359 #59E3CE #8959E3 #E3596E

square

#B3E359 #59E3CE #8959E3 #E3596E

split-complementary

#B3E359 #596EE3 #CE59E3

monochromatic

#76A61C #9BDA25 #B3E359 #CBEC8D #E3F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#B3E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#B3E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E359

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E359	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAD9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.173 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec8d',
    500: '#b3e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e359;
$custom-light: #cdec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85504,
    "c": 0.17321,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E359

secondary

#5F38A8

accent

#12D355

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E359

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

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