#B9C173#B9C173

#B9C173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.102 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C173
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 40.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -14.68, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 41.02, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0406 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.102 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1724, 49.6926, 23.5863)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C173 #7B73C1

analogous

#C1A273 #B9C173 #92C173

triadic

#B9C173 #73B9C1 #C173B9

tetradic

#B9C173 #73C1A2 #7B73C1 #C17392

square

#B9C173 #73C1A2 #7B73C1 #C17392

split-complementary

#B9C173 #7392C1 #A273C1

monochromatic

#798139 #A1AB4C #B9C173 #CED49D #E3E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B9C173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#B9C173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C173

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C173	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.102 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd39c',
    500: '#b9c173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c173;
$custom-light: #cfd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 38.614,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78693,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C173

secondary

#BCB9D7

accent

#34B241

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C173

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

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