#B9DB8A#B9DB8A

#B9DB8A is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.112 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9DB8A
RGB	rgb(185, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(85, 53%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(85, 37%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 37%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -24.78, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 43.88, 124.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0678 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.112 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9260, 62.8118, 33.5334)
Luminance	0.6281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9DB8A #AC8ADB

analogous

#DBD48A #B9DB8A #91DB8A

triadic

#B9DB8A #8AB9DB #DB8AB9

tetradic

#B9DB8A #8ADBD4 #AC8ADB #DB8A91

square

#B9DB8A #8ADBD4 #AC8ADB #DB8A91

split-complementary

#B9DB8A #8A91DB #D48ADB

monochromatic

#7FB337 #9DCD5B #B9DB8A #D5E9B9 #F1F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#B9DB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#B9DB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9DB8A

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9DB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9DB8A	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9db8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.112 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfe6ad',
    500: '#b9db8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9db8a;
$custom-light: #cfe6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9db8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.185,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84771,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9DB8A

secondary

#7D57B2

accent

#25C066

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141610

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9DB8A

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

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