#B9CD5F#B9CD5F

#B9CD5F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD5F
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(71, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -22.66, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 56.48, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0649 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.138 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9050, 54.8035, 19.0894)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD5F #735FCD

analogous

#CDAA5F #B9CD5F #82CD5F

triadic

#B9CD5F #5FB9CD #CD5FB9

tetradic

#B9CD5F #5FCDAA #735FCD #CD5F82

square

#B9CD5F #5FCDAA #735FCD #CD5F82

split-complementary

#B9CD5F #5F82CD #AA5FCD

monochromatic

#76872A #9FB639 #B9CD5F #CDDC8E #E2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#B9CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#B9CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD5F

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD5F	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dc90',
    500: '#b9cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd5f;
$custom-light: #d0dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8105,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD5F

secondary

#50428E

accent

#4CDC66

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD5F

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

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