#B9BE2E#B9BE2E

#B9BE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.157 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE2E
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -18.41, 66.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 69.13, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0578 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.157 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9155, 47.3395, 9.6717)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE2E #332EBE

analogous

#BE7B2E #B9BE2E #71BE2E

triadic

#B9BE2E #2EB9BE #BE2EB9

tetradic

#B9BE2E #2EBE7B #332EBE #BE2E71

square

#B9BE2E #2EBE7B #332EBE #BE2E71

split-complementary

#B9BE2E #2E71BE #7B2EBE

monochromatic

#595B16 #898D22 #B9BE2E #D1D654 #DEE185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE2E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE2E	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.157 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d173',
    500: '#b9be2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be2e;
$custom-light: #d2d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.083,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77306,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE2E

secondary

#807DCB

accent

#44E449

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE2E

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

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