#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
RGBrgb(185, 190, 51)
HSLhsl(62, 58%, 47%)
HSVhsv(62, 73%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.43, -18.19, 65.02)
CIE-LCHlch(74.43, 67.52, 105.63°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.0567 0.1434)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.154 111.6)
XYZxyz(39.0199, 47.3812, 10.2214)
Luminance0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##B9BE331.002.0010.4810.48
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4821.001.001.00
##00000010.4821.001.001.00

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

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#B9BE33 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva