#B9BE1D#B9BE1D

#B9BE1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.164 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE1D
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 29)
HSL	hsl(62, 74%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 85%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 84.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -18.97, 71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 73.63, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0606 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.164 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6442, 47.2310, 8.2430)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE1D #221DBE

analogous

#BE721D #B9BE1D #69BE1D

triadic

#B9BE1D #1DB9BE #BE1DB9

tetradic

#B9BE1D #1DBE72 #221DBE #BE1D69

square

#B9BE1D #1DBE72 #221DBE #BE1D69

split-complementary

#B9BE1D #1D69BE #721DBE

monochromatic

#52540D #858915 #B9BE1D #DBE138 #E5E96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B9BE1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE1D

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE1D	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.164 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d16c',
    500: '#b9be1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be1d;
$custom-light: #d2d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.863,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE1D

secondary

#6B68CF

accent

#38F03D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE1D

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

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