#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
RGB	rgb(185, 196, 151)
HSL	hsl(75, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 23%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -11.49, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 24.28, 118.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0301 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.062 119)
XYZ	xyz(45.3329, 52.0286, 36.9265)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##B9C497	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B9C497

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

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