#B9CE99#B9CE99

#B9CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.075 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9CE99
RGB	rgb(185, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(84, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(84, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -16.28, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 29.07, 124.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0436 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.075 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8279, 56.7566, 38.5662)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9CE99 #AE99CE

analogous

#CEC899 #B9CE99 #9ECE99

triadic

#B9CE99 #99B9CE #CE99B9

tetradic

#B9CE99 #99CEC8 #AE99CE #CE999E

square

#B9CE99 #99CEC8 #AE99CE #CE999E

split-complementary

#B9CE99 #999ECE #C899CE

monochromatic

#7FA04D #9DBA70 #B9CE99 #D5E2C2 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#B9CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#B9CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9CE99

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9CE99	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCC9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.075 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ceddb7',
    500: '#b9ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9ce99;
$custom-light: #ceddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.774,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82215,
    "c": 0.07492,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9CE99

secondary

#7F68A3

accent

#38AE66

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9CE99

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

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