#B4C596#B4C596

#B4C596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.067 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4C596
RGB	rgb(180, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(82, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(82, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -14.01, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 25.83, 122.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0372 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.067 124)
XYZ	xyz(44.2930, 51.8377, 36.5205)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4C596 #A796C5

analogous

#C5BE96 #B4C596 #9CC596

triadic

#B4C596 #96B4C5 #C596B4

tetradic

#B4C596 #96C5BE #A796C5 #C5969C

square

#B4C596 #96C5BE #A796C5 #C5969C

split-complementary

#B4C596 #969CC5 #BE96C5

monochromatic

#799150 #98AF6F #B4C596 #D0DBBD #ECF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#B4C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#B4C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4C596

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4C596	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.067 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cad6b5',
    500: '#b4c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4c596;
$custom-light: #cad6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.702,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7983,
    "c": 0.06652,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.51838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4C596

secondary

#786699

accent

#3EA764

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4C596

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

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