#B9C19E

sRGB: 185 / 193 / 158

Ancient mountains surge toward distant shores
Majestic waterfalls disappear beneath stillness
Rising tides transcend the limits of dreams

#B9C19E belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 185 red, 193 green and 158 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 73.7° lands in the yellow region. Its 22.0% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.18:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 185, 193, 158
HSL: 73.71°, 22.01%, 68.82%
HSV / HSB: 73.71°, 18.13%, 75.69%
CMYK (approx.): 4.15%, 0.00%, 18.13%, 24.31%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.247, 50.923, 39.794
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.632, -8.865, 16.727
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50923
24-bit decimal: 12173726

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #B9C19E in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.18:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A69EC1 sits half a turn (180°) from #B9C19E on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#B9C19E #A69EC1

Analogous

#C1B89E and #A8C19E sit 30° to either side of #B9C19E. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C1B89E #B9C19E #A8C19E

Triadic

#B9C19E, #9EB9C1 and #C19EB9 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#B9C19E #9EB9C1 #C19EB9

Split complementary

Start at #B9C19E and look across the wheel. #9EA7C1 and #B89EC1 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#B9C19E #9EA7C1 #B89EC1

Square

Starting with #B9C19E, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #9EC1B8, #A69EC1, then #C19EA7. Across the square, #B9C19E pairs with #A69EC1, and #9EC1B8 with #C19EA7.

#B9C19E #9EC1B8 #A69EC1 #C19EA7

Tetradic

#B9C19E and #A69EC1 are opposites, as are #9EC1A6 and #C19EB9. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#B9C19E #9EC1A6 #A69EC1 #C19EB9

Tints

Mixing #B9C19E with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #C7CDB1, keeps 80% of the original. By #F1F3EC, the mixture is 80% white.

#B9C19E #C7CDB1 #D5DAC5 #E3E6D8 #F1F3EC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #B9C19E with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #949A7E, keeps 80% of the original. By #252720, the mixture is 80% black.

#B9C19E #949A7E #6F745F #4A4D3F #252720 #000000

Tones

Mixing #B9C19E with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #AEB498, keeps 80% of the original. By #8B8D86, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#B9C19E #AEB498 #A2A792 #979A8C #8B8D86 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#B9C19E

RGB

rgb(185 193 158)

HSL

hsl(73.714 22.013% 68.824%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #B9C19E;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#B9C19E uses 185 red, 193 green and 158 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 72.5%

Green 75.7%

Blue 62.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #B9C19E is 4.1% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 18.1% yellow and 24.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 4.1%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 18.1%

Black 24.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BBBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #BB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #B9C19E when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #BBBB99 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#B9C19E #B6BBA4 #B3B5AA #B0B0B0 #ACAAB5 #A9A4BB #A69EC1

Color vision previews

Compare how #B9C19E appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C6BD9C

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C5BD9F

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#BDBDB7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C2BE9D

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C2BE9F

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BAC0A8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BBBFAE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.48515 G 0.53328 B 0.34191

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.73119 G 0.75585 B 0.63283

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.49369 G 0.53168 B 0.35822

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.333 y 0.375 Y 50.923

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 27.451 M % 24.314 Y % 38.039

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10111001 11000001 10011110