#B9CA73#B9CA73

#B9CA73 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.114 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CA73
RGB	rgb(185, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -19.20, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 45.63, 114.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0534 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.114 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2229, 53.7934, 24.2698)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CA73 #8473CA

analogous

#CAB073 #B9CA73 #8ECA73

triadic

#B9CA73 #73B9CA #CA73B9

tetradic

#B9CA73 #73CAB0 #8473CA #CA738E

square

#B9CA73 #73CAB0 #8473CA #CA738E

split-complementary

#B9CA73 #738ECA #B073CA

monochromatic

#7C8D35 #A3B947 #B9CA73 #CFDB9F #E5ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#B9CA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#B9CA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CA73

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CA73	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.114 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfda9d',
    500: '#b9ca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ca73;
$custom-light: #cfda9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.724,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CA73

secondary

#5B4D94

accent

#2DB848

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CA73

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

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