#B9CDAE#B9CDAE

#B9CDAE is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.048 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CDAE
RGB	rgb(185, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(99, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(99, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -12.43, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 18.12, 133.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0333 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.048 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4775, 57.0325, 48.4379)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CDAE #C2AECD

analogous

#C9CDAE #B9CDAE #AECDB3

triadic

#B9CDAE #AEB9CD #CDAEB9

tetradic

#B9CDAE #AEC9CD #C2AECD #CDB3AE

square

#B9CDAE #AEC9CD #C2AECD #CDB3AE

split-complementary

#B9CDAE #B3AECD #CDAEC9

monochromatic

#789E62 #98B688 #B9CDAE #DAE4D4 #EFF3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#B9CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#B9CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CDAE

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CDAE	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.048 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedcc6',
    500: '#b9cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9cdae;
$custom-light: #cedcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.71,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82479,
    "c": 0.04767,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CDAE

secondary

#957DA2

accent

#43A281

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFCF9

border

#D3D5D2

text

#131513

muted

#838482

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CDAE

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

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