#B9C478#B9C478

#B9C478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.100 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C478
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(69, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 38.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -15.62, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 40.06, 112.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0429 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.1 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1379, 51.1506, 25.3662)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C478 #8378C4

analogous

#C4A978 #B9C478 #93C478

triadic

#B9C478 #78B9C4 #C478B9

tetradic

#B9C478 #78C4A9 #8378C4 #C47893

square

#B9C478 #78C4A9 #8378C4 #C47893

split-complementary

#B9C478 #7893C4 #A978C4

monochromatic

#7C873B #A3B14D #B9C478 #CFD7A3 #E5E9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#B9C478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#B9C478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C478

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C478	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.100 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5a0',
    500: '#b9c478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c478;
$custom-light: #cfd5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 39.175,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79426,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C478

secondary

#5A518F

accent

#33B246

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C478

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

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