#B9BE2F#B9BE2F

#B9BE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.156 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE2F
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 47)
HSL	hsl(62, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -18.36, 66.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 68.82, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0576 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.156 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9355, 47.3474, 9.7767)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE2F #342FBE

analogous

#BE7C2F #B9BE2F #72BE2F

triadic

#B9BE2F #2FB9BE #BE2FB9

tetradic

#B9BE2F #2FBE7C #342FBE #BE2F72

square

#B9BE2F #2FBE7C #342FBE #BE2F72

split-complementary

#B9BE2F #2F72BE #7C2FBE

monochromatic

#595C17 #898D23 #B9BE2F #D1D555 #DEE186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE2F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE2F	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)

#CDB50B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.156 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d173',
    500: '#b9be2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be2f;
$custom-light: #d2d173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.098,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77311,
    "c": 0.15645,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE2F

secondary

#817ECB

accent

#44E34A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE2F

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

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