#B9C47E#B9C47E

#B9C47E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.093 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C47E
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 126)
HSL	hsl(69, 37%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(69, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 35.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -14.90, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 37.05, 113.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0405 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.093 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5135, 51.3009, 27.3444)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C47E #897EC4

analogous

#C4AC7E #B9C47E #96C47E

triadic

#B9C47E #7EB9C4 #C47EB9

tetradic

#B9C47E #7EC4AC #897EC4 #C47E96

square

#B9C47E #7EC4AC #897EC4 #C47E96

split-complementary

#B9C47E #7E96C4 #AC7EC4

monochromatic

#7D893F #A2B154 #B9C47E #D0D7A8 #E7EAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#B9C47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#B9C47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C47E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C47E	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.093 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5a4',
    500: '#b9c47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c47e;
$custom-light: #cfd5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 37.234,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79528,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C47E

secondary

#5F5591

accent

#35B049

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C47E

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

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