#B9C08C#B9C08C

#B9C08C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.070 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C08C
RGB	rgb(185, 192, 140)
HSL	hsl(68, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 27.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -11.02, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 27.75, 113.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0289 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.07 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5907, 49.9074, 32.1426)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C08C #938CC0

analogous

#C0AD8C #B9C08C #9FC08C

triadic

#B9C08C #8CB9C0 #C08CB9

tetradic

#B9C08C #8CC0AD #938CC0 #C08C9F

square

#B9C08C #8CC0AD #938CC0 #C08C9F

split-complementary

#B9C08C #8C9FC0 #AD8CC0

monochromatic

#7F874A #A1AA64 #B9C08C #D1D6B4 #E9EBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#B9C08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#B9C08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C08C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C08C	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 192, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.070 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced3ae',
    500: '#b9c08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c08c;
$custom-light: #ced3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 29.213,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7893,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C08C

secondary

#CDCBDD

accent

#3EA84C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C08C

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

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