#B7BE42#B7BE42

#B7BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.145 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B7BE42
RGB	rgb(183, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -18.23, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 62.06, 107.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0553 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.145 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9264, 47.2884, 12.2302)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B7BE42 #4942BE

analogous

#BE8742 #B7BE42 #79BE42

triadic

#B7BE42 #42B7BE #BE42B7

tetradic

#B7BE42 #42BE87 #4942BE #BE4279

square

#B7BE42 #42BE87 #4942BE #BE4279

split-complementary

#B7BE42 #4279BE #8742BE

monochromatic

#606322 #8C9132 #B7BE42 #C8CE70 #DADD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B7BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B7BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B7BE42

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B7BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B7BE42	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b7be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.145 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d17d',
    500: '#b7be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b7be42;
$custom-light: #d0d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b7be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77281,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B7BE42

secondary

#9592CA

accent

#4FD857

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B7BE42

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

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