#B9C97D#B9C97D

#B9C97D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.101 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9C97D
RGB	rgb(185, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(73, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 37.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -17.55, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 40.21, 115.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0481 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.101 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5960, 53.5685, 27.3884)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9C97D #8D7DC9

analogous

#C9B37D #B9C97D #93C97D

triadic

#B9C97D #7DB9C9 #C97DB9

tetradic

#B9C97D #7DC9B3 #8D7DC9 #C97D93

square

#B9C97D #7DC9B3 #8D7DC9 #C97D93

split-complementary

#B9C97D #7D93C9 #B37DC9

monochromatic

#7E903C #A2B752 #B9C97D #D0DBA8 #E8EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9C97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#B9C97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9C97D

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9C97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9C97D	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9c97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.101 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9a3',
    500: '#b9c97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9c97d;
$custom-light: #cfd9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9c97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 41.304,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9C97D

secondary

#625397

accent

#31B44D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9C97D

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

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