#B9BE25#B9BE25

#B9BE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.161 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE25
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 37)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -18.74, 69.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 71.71, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0594 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.161 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7564, 47.2758, 8.8335)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE25 #2A25BE

analogous

#BE7725 #B9BE25 #6CBE25

triadic

#B9BE25 #25B9BE #BE25B9

tetradic

#B9BE25 #25BE77 #2A25BE #BE256C

square

#B9BE25 #25BE77 #2A25BE #BE256C

split-complementary

#B9BE25 #256CBE #7725BE

monochromatic

#555811 #878B1B #B9BE25 #D6DB45 #E1E579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#B9BE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE25

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE25	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.161 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d16f',
    500: '#b9be25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be25;
$custom-light: #d2d16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE25

secondary

#7572CD

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE25

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

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