Pale Olive#B9CC81

#B9CC81 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.101 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Pale Olive — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B9CC81
RGB	rgb(185, 204, 129)
HSL	hsl(75, 42%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 36.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -18.56, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 39.86, 117.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0507 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.101 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5628, 55.0851, 28.9968)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CC81 #9481CC

analogous

#CCB981 #B9CC81 #93CC81

triadic

#B9CC81 #81B9CC #CC81B9

tetradic

#B9CC81 #81CCB9 #9481CC #CC8193

square

#B9CC81 #81CCB9 #9481CC #CC8193

split-complementary

#B9CC81 #8193CC #B981CC

monochromatic

#7F963D #A1BA55 #B9CC81 #D1DEAD #E9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#B9CC81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#B9CC81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CC81

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CC81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CC81	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C485

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cc81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 204, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.101 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdba6',
    500: '#b9cc81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cc81;
$custom-light: #cfdba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cc81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.2,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CC81

secondary

#67559C

accent

#30B552

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CC81

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

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