#B9BE32#B9BE32

#B9BE32 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	#B9BE32
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 50)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -18.23, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 67.85, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.057 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.155 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9981, 47.3725, 10.1065)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE32 #3732BE

analogous

#BE7D32 #B9BE32 #73BE32

triadic

#B9BE32 #32B9BE #BE32B9

tetradic

#B9BE32 #32BE7D #3732BE #BE3273

square

#B9BE32 #32BE7D #3732BE #BE3273

split-complementary

#B9BE32 #3273BE #7D32BE

monochromatic

#5B5D19 #8A8E25 #B9BE32 #CFD35A #DDE08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#B9BE32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE32

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE32	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#CDB514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.155 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d174',
    500: '#b9be32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be32;
$custom-light: #d2d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77329,
    "c": 0.1548,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE32

secondary

#8482CA

accent

#46E24C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE32

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

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