#B9C8A2#B9C8A2

#B9C8A2 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.054 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C8A2
RGB	rgb(185, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(84, 26%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 19%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -11.84, 17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 20.99, 124.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0312 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.054 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1825, 54.2313, 42.1574)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C8A2 #B1A2C8

analogous

#C8C4A2 #B9C8A2 #A6C8A2

triadic

#B9C8A2 #A2B9C8 #C8A2B9

tetradic

#B9C8A2 #A2C8C4 #B1A2C8 #C8A2A6

square

#B9C8A2 #A2C8C4 #B1A2C8 #C8A2A6

split-complementary

#B9C8A2 #A2A6C8 #C4A2C8

monochromatic

#7E9759 #9CB17C #B9C8A2 #D6DFC8 #F1F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#B9C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#B9C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C8A2

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C8A2	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.054 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced8bd',
    500: '#b9c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c8a2;
$custom-light: #ced8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.684,
    "s": 25.676,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.05432,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C8A2

secondary

#83729D

accent

#41A468

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#131412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C8A2

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

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