#B9CE5A#B9CE5A

#B9CE5A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE5A
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -23.58, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 59.17, 113.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.068 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.143 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9250, 55.1954, 18.0107)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE5A #6F5ACE

analogous

#CEA95A #B9CE5A #7FCE5A

triadic

#B9CE5A #5AB9CE #CE5AB9

tetradic

#B9CE5A #5ACEA9 #6F5ACE #CE5A7F

square

#B9CE5A #5ACEA9 #6F5ACE #CE5A7F

split-complementary

#B9CE5A #5A7FCE #A95ACE

monochromatic

#758628 #9EB536 #B9CE5A #CDDC89 #E1EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#B9CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#B9CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE5A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE5A	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)

#DAC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dd8c',
    500: '#b9ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce5a;
$custom-light: #d0dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.862,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81214,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE5A

secondary

#4D3F8D

accent

#4ADE65

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE5A

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

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