#B9CD73#B9CD73

#B9CD73 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.118 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD73
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(73, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -20.69, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 47.20, 116.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0576 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.118 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9336, 55.2149, 24.5067)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD73 #8773CD

analogous

#CDB473 #B9CD73 #8CCD73

triadic

#B9CD73 #73B9CD #CD73B9

tetradic

#B9CD73 #73CDB4 #8773CD #CD738C

square

#B9CD73 #73CDB4 #8773CD #CD738C

split-complementary

#B9CD73 #738CCD #B473CD

monochromatic

#7D9234 #A2BD46 #B9CD73 #D0DDA0 #E6EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#B9CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD73

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD73	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.118 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdc9d',
    500: '#b9cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd73;
$custom-light: #cfdc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81316,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD73

secondary

#5D4C98

accent

#2BBB4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD73

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

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