#B9C19C#B9C19C

#B9C19C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.051 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C19C
RGB	rgb(185, 193, 156)
HSL	hsl(73, 23%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(73, 19%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 19.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -9.18, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 19.97, 117.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0236 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.051 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0777, 50.8547, 38.8872)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C19C #A49CC1

analogous

#C1B69C #B9C19C #A6C19C

triadic

#B9C19C #9CB9C1 #C19CB9

tetradic

#B9C19C #9CC1B6 #A49CC1 #C19CA6

square

#B9C19C #9CC1B6 #A49CC1 #C19CA6

split-complementary

#B9C19C #9CA6C1 #B69CC1

monochromatic

#808B57 #9EA976 #B9C19C #D4D9C2 #EEF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#B9C19C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#B9C19C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C19C

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C19C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C19C	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c19c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 193, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.051 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced3b9',
    500: '#b9c19c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c19c;
$custom-light: #ced3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c19c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.973,
    "s": 22.981,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7949,
    "c": 0.05121,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C19C

secondary

#756C95

accent

#44A158

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C19C

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

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