#B9CE8A#B9CE8A

#B9CE8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE8A
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(79, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(79, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 33%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -18.39, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 36.52, 120.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0498 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.093 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6660, 56.2918, 32.4468)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE8A #9F8ACE

analogous

#CEC18A #B9CE8A #97CE8A

triadic

#B9CE8A #8AB9CE #CE8AB9

tetradic

#B9CE8A #8ACEC1 #9F8ACE #CE8A97

square

#B9CE8A #8ACEC1 #9F8ACE #CE8A97

split-complementary

#B9CE8A #8A97CE #C18ACE

monochromatic

#809C41 #9FBC5F #B9CE8A #D3E0B5 #EDF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#B9CE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#B9CE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE8A

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE8A	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfddac',
    500: '#b9ce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce8a;
$custom-light: #cfddac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.529,
    "s": 40.964,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81919,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE8A

secondary

#705AA2

accent

#31B45A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE8A

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

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