#B9D596#B9D596

#B9D596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.089 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9D596
RGB	rgb(185, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(87, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(87, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -20.21, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 34.66, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0546 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.089 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3061, 60.1044, 37.8519)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9D596 #B296D5

analogous

#D5D196 #B9D596 #99D596

triadic

#B9D596 #96B9D5 #D596B9

tetradic

#B9D596 #96D5D1 #B296D5 #D59699

square

#B9D596 #96D5D1 #B296D5 #D59699

split-complementary

#B9D596 #9699D5 #D196D5

monochromatic

#7EAC45 #9CC46A #B9D596 #D6E6C2 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#B9D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#B9D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9D596

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9D596	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.089 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cee2b5',
    500: '#b9d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9d596;
$custom-light: #cee2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83675,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9D596

secondary

#8464AB

accent

#30B66B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9D596

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

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