#B9C170#B9C170

#B9C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.105 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C170
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(66, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 42%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -15.01, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 42.50, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0417 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.105 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0026, 49.6247, 22.6919)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C170 #7870C1

analogous

#C1A170 #B9C170 #91C170

triadic

#B9C170 #70B9C1 #C170B9

tetradic

#B9C170 #70C1A1 #7870C1 #C17091

square

#B9C170 #70C1A1 #7870C1 #C17091

split-complementary

#B9C170 #7091C1 #A170C1

monochromatic

#787F37 #A1AA4A #B9C170 #CED49B #E3E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#B9C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C170

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C170	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.105 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd39a',
    500: '#b9c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c170;
$custom-light: #cfd39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.926,
    "s": 39.512,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78646,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C170

secondary

#BAB7D6

accent

#58CF64

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C170

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

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