#B3E596#B3E596

#B3E596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.117 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B3E596
RGB	rgb(179, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(98, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(98, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -30.07, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 44.98, 131.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.082 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.117 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1135, 67.8231, 39.1938)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B3E596 #C896E5

analogous

#DAE596 #B3E596 #96E5A1

triadic

#B3E596 #96B3E5 #E596B3

tetradic

#B3E596 #96DAE5 #C896E5 #E5A196

square

#B3E596 #96DAE5 #C896E5 #E5A196

split-complementary

#B3E596 #A196E5 #E596DA

monochromatic

#6CCD34 #8FD965 #B3E596 #D7F1C7 #EDF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#B3E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#B3E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B3E596

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B3E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B3E596	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b3e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.117 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbedb5',
    500: '#b3e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b3e596;
$custom-light: #cbedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b3e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.975,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86804,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B3E596

secondary

#9C61BF

accent

#1EC889

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FAFEF8

border

#D3D6D1

text

#131611

muted

#838581

Preview Lab

Preview with #B3E596

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

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