#B9BE33#B9BE33

#B9BE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.154 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE33
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -18.19, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 67.52, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0567 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.154 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0199, 47.3812, 10.2214)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE33 #3833BE

analogous

#BE7D33 #B9BE33 #74BE33

triadic

#B9BE33 #33B9BE #BE33B9

tetradic

#B9BE33 #33BE7D #3833BE #BE3374

square

#B9BE33 #33BE7D #3833BE #BE3374

split-complementary

#B9BE33 #3374BE #7D33BE

monochromatic

#5B5E19 #8A8E26 #B9BE33 #CFD35B #DDE08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE33

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE33	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.154 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d175',
    500: '#b9be33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be33;
$custom-light: #d2d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.158,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77335,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE33

secondary

#8583CA

accent

#47E14C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE33

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

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