#B9BE24#B9BE24

#B9BE24 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	#B9BE24
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 36)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 81.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, -18.77, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 71.97, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0596 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.162 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7409, 47.2696, 8.7519)
Luminance	0.4727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE24 #2924BE

analogous

#BE7624 #B9BE24 #6CBE24

triadic

#B9BE24 #24B9BE #BE24B9

tetradic

#B9BE24 #24BE76 #2924BE #BE246C

square

#B9BE24 #24BE76 #2924BE #BE246C

split-complementary

#B9BE24 #246CBE #7624BE

monochromatic

#555711 #878B1A #B9BE24 #D7DC44 #E2E577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#B9BE24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE24

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE24	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: #b9be24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.162 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d16e',
    500: '#b9be24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be24;
$custom-light: #d2d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.948,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77256,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE24

secondary

#7471CD

accent

#3DEB42

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE24

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

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