#B9BE23#B9BE23

#B9BE23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.162 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE23
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 82%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -18.80, 69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 72.23, 105.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0597 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7258, 47.2636, 8.6726)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE23 #2823BE

analogous

#BE7523 #B9BE23 #6CBE23

triadic

#B9BE23 #23B9BE #BE23B9

tetradic

#B9BE23 #23BE75 #2823BE #BE236C

square

#B9BE23 #23BE75 #2823BE #BE236C

split-complementary

#B9BE23 #236CBE #7523BE

monochromatic

#545710 #878A19 #B9BE23 #D7DC42 #E2E676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B9BE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE23

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE23	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)

#CEB933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d16e',
    500: '#b9be23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be23;
$custom-light: #d2d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77252,
    "c": 0.16204,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE23

secondary

#7370CD

accent

#3CEC42

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE23

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

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