#B9C497#B9C497

#B9C497 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.062 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B9C497
RGBrgb(185, 196, 151)
HSLhsl(75, 28%, 68%)
HSVhsv(75, 23%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 23%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.30, -11.49, 21.39)
CIE-LCHlch(77.30, 24.28, 118.25°)
OKLaboklab(80.02% -0.0301 0.0544)
OKLCHoklch(80.02% 0.062 119)
XYZxyz(45.3329, 52.0286, 36.9265)
Luminance0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B9C497 #A297C4
analogous
#C4B897 #B9C497 #A2C497
triadic
#B9C497 #97B9C4 #C497B9
tetradic
#B9C497 #97C4B8 #A297C4 #C497A2
square
#B9C497 #97C4B8 #A297C4 #C497A2
split-complementary
#B9C497 #97A2C4 #B897C4
monochromatic
#808F51 #9FAE70 #B9C497 #D3DABE #EEF0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#B9C497 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41
#B9C497 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C497
11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B9C497#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B9C4971.001.8411.4111.41
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4121.001.001.00
##00000011.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CABF94
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9BF99
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#BDBFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b9c497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.062 119.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced5b5',
    500: '#b9c497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b9c497;
$custom-light: #ced5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b9c497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 27.607,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80019,
    "c": 0.06214,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.52029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B9C497
secondary
#736798
accent
#3FA658
background
#FEFEFD
surface
#FBFBF8
border
#D4D4D1
text
#131411
muted
#838381

Preview Lab

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#B9C497 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva