#B9BE34#B9BE34

#B9BE34 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	#B9BE34
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 52)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -18.14, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 67.18, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0565 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.154 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0422, 47.3901, 10.3387)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE34 #3934BE

analogous

#BE7E34 #B9BE34 #74BE34

triadic

#B9BE34 #34B9BE #BE34B9

tetradic

#B9BE34 #34BE7E #3934BE #BE3474

square

#B9BE34 #34BE7E #3934BE #BE3474

split-complementary

#B9BE34 #3474BE #7E34BE

monochromatic

#5B5E1A #8A8E27 #B9BE34 #CED35D #DDE08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE34

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE34	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)

#CDB519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.154 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d175',
    500: '#b9be34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be34;
$custom-light: #d2d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE34

secondary

#8684CA

accent

#48E04D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE34

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

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