#B9C27A#B9C27A

#B9C27A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.095 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C27A
RGB	rgb(185, 194, 122)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 37.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -14.37, 35.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 38.02, 112.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0392 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.095 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8125, 50.3035, 25.8628)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C27A #837AC2

analogous

#C2A77A #B9C27A #95C27A

triadic

#B9C27A #7AB9C2 #C27AB9

tetradic

#B9C27A #7AC2A7 #837AC2 #C27A95

square

#B9C27A #7AC2A7 #837AC2 #C27A95

split-complementary

#B9C27A #7A95C2 #A77AC2

monochromatic

#7C853D #A3AF50 #B9C27A #CFD5A4 #E5E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9C27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#B9C27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C27A

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C27A	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 194, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.095 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4a1',
    500: '#b9c27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c27a;
$custom-light: #cfd4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 37.113,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79025,
    "c": 0.09491,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C27A

secondary

#5A538D

accent

#35B045

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C27A

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

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