#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
RGBrgb(185, 190, 35)
HSLhsl(62, 69%, 44%)
HSVhsv(62, 82%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 81.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.36, -18.80, 69.74)
CIE-LCHlch(74.36, 72.23, 105.09°)
OKLaboklab(77.25% -0.0597 0.1506)
OKLCHoklch(77.25% 0.162 111.6)
XYZxyz(38.7258, 47.2636, 8.6726)
Luminance0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9BE231.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

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

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#B9BE23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva