#B9CD8A#B9CD8A

#B9CD8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.091 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CD8A
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(78, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(78, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -17.90, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 35.96, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0484 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.091 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4260, 55.8119, 32.3668)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CD8A #9E8ACD

analogous

#CDBF8A #B9CD8A #98CD8A

triadic

#B9CD8A #8AB9CD #CD8AB9

tetradic

#B9CD8A #8ACDBF #9E8ACD #CD8A98

square

#B9CD8A #8ACDBF #9E8ACD #CD8A98

split-complementary

#B9CD8A #8A98CD #BF8ACD

monochromatic

#809B42 #9FBB5F #B9CD8A #D3DFB5 #ECF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#B9CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#B9CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CD8A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CD8A	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.091 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcac',
    500: '#b9cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cd8a;
$custom-light: #cedcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.91,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CD8A

secondary

#6F5AA1

accent

#32B359

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CD8A

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

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