#B9C277#B9C277

#B9C277 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.098 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C277
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 119)
HSL	hsl(67, 38%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 39%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 38.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.21, -14.73, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.21, 39.53, 111.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0404 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.098 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6294, 50.2303, 24.8989)
Luminance	0.5023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C277 #8077C2

analogous

#C2A677 #B9C277 #94C277

triadic

#B9C277 #77B9C2 #C277B9

tetradic

#B9C277 #77C2A6 #8077C2 #C27794

square

#B9C277 #77C2A6 #8077C2 #C27794

split-complementary

#B9C277 #7794C2 #A677C2

monochromatic

#7B843B #A2AE4E #B9C277 #CFD5A1 #E4E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#B9C277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C277

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C277	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.098 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd49f',
    500: '#b9c277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c277;
$custom-light: #cfd49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 38.071,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78975,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C277

secondary

#58518C

accent

#34B143

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C277

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

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