#B9BE31#B9BE31

#B9BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.155 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE31
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -18.28, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 68.18, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0572 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.155 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9767, 47.3639, 9.9941)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE31 #3631BE

analogous

#BE7D31 #B9BE31 #72BE31

triadic

#B9BE31 #31B9BE #BE31B9

tetradic

#B9BE31 #31BE7D #3631BE #BE3172

square

#B9BE31 #31BE7D #3631BE #BE3172

split-complementary

#B9BE31 #3172BE #7D31BE

monochromatic

#5A5D18 #8A8D24 #B9BE31 #D0D458 #DDE189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#B9BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE31

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE31	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)

#CDB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.155 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d174',
    500: '#b9be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be31;
$custom-light: #d2d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.128,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77323,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE31

secondary

#8380CA

accent

#46E24B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE31

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

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