#B4CD9A#B4CD9A

#B4CD9A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.074 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B4CD9A
RGB	rgb(180, 205, 154)
HSL	hsl(89, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(89, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -17.45, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 28.62, 127.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0469 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.074 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4855, 55.6986, 38.8675)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B4CD9A #B39ACD

analogous

#CDCD9A #B4CD9A #9ACD9A

triadic

#B4CD9A #9AB4CD #CD9AB4

tetradic

#B4CD9A #9ACDCD #B39ACD #CD9A9A

square

#B4CD9A #9ACDCD #B39ACD #CD9A9A

split-complementary

#B4CD9A #9A9ACD #CD9ACD

monochromatic

#779E4E #96B971 #B4CD9A #D2E1C3 #F0F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B4CD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#B4CD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B4CD9A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B4CD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B4CD9A	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b4cd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 205, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.074 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbdcb8',
    500: '#b4cd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b4cd9a;
$custom-light: #cbdcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b4cd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.412,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81655,
    "c": 0.07423,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B4CD9A

secondary

#8569A2

accent

#39AD72

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FCF8

border

#D2D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B4CD9A

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

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