#B5C989#B5C989

#B5C989 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.088 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5C989
RGB	rgb(181, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(79, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(79, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 31.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -17.53, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 34.58, 120.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0474 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.088 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4577, 53.4031, 31.6278)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5C989 #9D89C9

analogous

#C9BD89 #B5C989 #95C989

triadic

#B5C989 #89B5C9 #C989B5

tetradic

#B5C989 #89C9BD #9D89C9 #C98995

square

#B5C989 #89C9BD #9D89C9 #C98995

split-complementary

#B5C989 #8995C9 #BD89C9

monochromatic

#7B9444 #9BB65F #B5C989 #CFDCB3 #EAEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#B5C989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#B5C989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5C989

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5C989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5C989	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5c989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.088 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccd9ac',
    500: '#b5c989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5c989;
$custom-light: #ccd9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5c989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.08816,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5C989

secondary

#6F5B9B

accent

#35B05C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF7

border

#D3D4D0

text

#131410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5C989

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

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