#B3E973#B3E973
#B3E973 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.159 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B3E973 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(179, 233, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(87, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(87, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.55, -36.21, 51.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.55, 62.84, 125.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.16% -0.1008 0.1223) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.16% 0.159 129.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.8234, 69.0983, 26.8760) |
| Luminance | 0.6910 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.95
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.32
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 4.43
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.50
Light Yellowish Green
#C2FF89
ΔE00 4.68
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B3E973 #A973E9
analogous
#E9E473 #B3E973 #78E973
triadic
#B3E973 #73B3E9 #E973B3
tetradic
#B3E973 #73E9E4 #A973E9 #E97378
square
#B3E973 #73E9E4 #A973E9 #E97378
split-complementary
#B3E973 #7378E9 #E473E9
monochromatic
#78C31F #96E13E #B3E973 #D0F1A8 #ECFADD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.42
#B3E973 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.82
#B3E973 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B3E973
14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B3E973 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B3E973 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 14.82 | 14.82 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.42 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.82 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2DB68
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD77A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7E0CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b3e973; /* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 233, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.159 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ccf09e',
500: '#b3e973',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b3e973; $custom-light: #ccf09e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b3e973",
"rgb": {
"r": 179,
"g": 233,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 87.458,
"s": 72.84,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87159,
"c": 0.15853,
"h": 129.5
},
"luminance": 0.69099
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B3E973
secondary
#7B3FC1
accent
#11D56A
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FBFEF5
border
#D4D6CF
text
#14160F
muted
#838580