#B4C196#B4C196

#B4C196 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.060 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C196
RGB	rgb(180, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(78, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(78, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -11.96, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 23.48, 120.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0315 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.06 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3968, 50.0453, 36.2217)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C196 #A396C1

analogous

#C1B996 #B4C196 #9EC196

triadic

#B4C196 #96B4C1 #C196B4

tetradic

#B4C196 #96C1B9 #A396C1 #C1969E

square

#B4C196 #96C1B9 #A396C1 #C1969E

split-complementary

#B4C196 #969EC1 #B996C1

monochromatic

#7A8B52 #99AA70 #B4C196 #CFD8BC #EBEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B4C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#B4C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C196

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C196	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.060 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad3b5',
    500: '#b4c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c196;
$custom-light: #cad3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.14,
    "s": 25.749,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78966,
    "c": 0.06033,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C196

secondary

#756794

accent

#41A45F

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C196

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

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