#B9BE35#B9BE35

#B9BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.153 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE35
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -18.09, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 66.84, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0563 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.153 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0649, 47.3992, 10.4586)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE35 #3A35BE

analogous

#BE7F35 #B9BE35 #74BE35

triadic

#B9BE35 #35B9BE #BE35B9

tetradic

#B9BE35 #35BE7F #3A35BE #BE3574

square

#B9BE35 #35BE7F #3A35BE #BE3574

split-complementary

#B9BE35 #3574BE #7F35BE

monochromatic

#5C5E1A #8A8E28 #B9BE35 #CED25E #DCDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE35

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE35	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)

#CDB51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.153 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d176',
    500: '#b9be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be35;
$custom-light: #d2d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE35

secondary

#8785CA

accent

#48E04E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE35

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

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