#B9BE21#B9BE21

#B9BE21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE21
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -18.86, 70.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 72.72, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.06 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.163 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6970, 47.2520, 8.5207)
Luminance	0.4725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE21 #2621BE

analogous

#BE7421 #B9BE21 #6ABE21

triadic

#B9BE21 #21B9BE #BE21B9

tetradic

#B9BE21 #21BE74 #2621BE #BE216A

square

#B9BE21 #21BE74 #2621BE #BE216A

split-complementary

#B9BE21 #216ABE #7421BE

monochromatic

#53560F #868A18 #B9BE21 #D9DE3F #E3E773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B9BE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE21

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE21	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)

#CEB931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d16d',
    500: '#b9be21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be21;
$custom-light: #d2d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.911,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77243,
    "c": 0.16282,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE21

secondary

#706DCD

accent

#3BED40

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE21

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

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