#B3E459#B3E459

#B3E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.174 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E459
RGB	rgb(179, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -36.32, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 70.99, 120.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.1033 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.174 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1370, 65.7911, 19.6121)
Luminance	0.6579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E459 #8A59E4

analogous

#E4D059 #B3E459 #6EE459

triadic

#B3E459 #59B3E4 #E459B3

tetradic

#B3E459 #59E4D0 #8A59E4 #E4596E

square

#B3E459 #59E4D0 #8A59E4 #E4596E

split-complementary

#B3E459 #596EE4 #D059E4

monochromatic

#76A71B #9BDB24 #B3E459 #CBED8E #E3F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#B3E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#B3E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E459

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E459	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BADAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.174 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdec8d',
    500: '#b3e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e459;
$custom-light: #cdec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.151,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85731,
    "c": 0.17449,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E459

secondary

#6038A9

accent

#11D456

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFDF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E459

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

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