#B9C679#B9C679

#B9C679 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.101 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C679
RGB	rgb(185, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 40%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 38.9%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -16.52, 37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 40.60, 114.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0454 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.101 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6530, 52.0833, 25.8389)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C679 #8679C6

analogous

#C6AD79 #B9C679 #92C679

triadic

#B9C679 #79B9C6 #C679B9

tetradic

#B9C679 #79C6AD #8679C6 #C67992

square

#B9C679 #79C6AD #8679C6 #C67992

split-complementary

#B9C679 #7992C6 #AD79C6

monochromatic

#7D8A3B #A3B44E #B9C679 #CFD8A4 #E6EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#B9C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#B9C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C679

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C679	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BF73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.101 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7a1',
    500: '#b9c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c679;
$custom-light: #cfd7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.13,
    "s": 40.314,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C679

secondary

#5C5292

accent

#32B348

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C679

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

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