#B9CD5D#B9CD5D

#B9CD5D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.140 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD5D
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(71, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -22.84, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 57.37, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0656 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.14 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8153, 54.7676, 18.6168)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD5D #715DCD

analogous

#CDA95D #B9CD5D #81CD5D

triadic

#B9CD5D #5DB9CD #CD5DB9

tetradic

#B9CD5D #5DCDA9 #715DCD #CD5D81

square

#B9CD5D #5DCDA9 #715DCD #CD5D81

split-complementary

#B9CD5D #5D81CD #A95DCD

monochromatic

#768629 #9FB538 #B9CD5D #CDDB8C #E1EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#B9CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD5D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD5D	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.140 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc8e',
    500: '#b9cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd5d;
$custom-light: #d0dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81026,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD5D

secondary

#4F418D

accent

#4CDC65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD5D

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

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