#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
RGBrgb(185, 201, 125)
HSLhsl(73, 41%, 64%)
HSVhsv(73, 38%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(8%, 0%, 37.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.21, -17.55, 36.18)
CIE-LCHlch(78.21, 40.21, 115.87°)
OKLaboklab(80.6% -0.0481 0.0888)
OKLCHoklch(80.6% 0.101 118.4)
XYZxyz(44.5960, 53.5685, 27.3884)
Luminance0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##B9C97D1.001.7911.7111.71
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7121.001.001.00
##00000011.7121.001.001.00

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

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#B9C97D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva