#B9D09D#B9D09D

#B9D09D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.073 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D09D
RGB	rgb(185, 208, 157)
HSL	hsl(87, 35%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 24.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -16.68, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 28.27, 126.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0447 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.073 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6484, 57.8600, 40.4969)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D09D #B49DD0

analogous

#D0CE9D #B9D09D #A0D09D

triadic

#B9D09D #9DB9D0 #D09DB9

tetradic

#B9D09D #9DD0CE #B49DD0 #D09DA0

square

#B9D09D #9DD0CE #B49DD0 #D09DA0

split-complementary

#B9D09D #9DA0D0 #CE9DD0

monochromatic

#7DA44F #9BBC74 #B9D09D #D7E4C6 #F0F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#B9D09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#B9D09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D09D

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D09D	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 208, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.073 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cedeba',
    500: '#b9d09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d09d;
$custom-light: #cedeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.059,
    "s": 35.172,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82732,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D09D

secondary

#866BA6

accent

#37AE6D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#131511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D09D

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

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