#B9BE36#B9BE36

#B9BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.152 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE36
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -18.05, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 66.49, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0561 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0882, 47.4085, 10.5810)
Luminance	0.4741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE36 #3B36BE

analogous

#BE7F36 #B9BE36 #75BE36

triadic

#B9BE36 #36B9BE #BE36B9

tetradic

#B9BE36 #36BE7F #3B36BE #BE3675

square

#B9BE36 #36BE7F #3B36BE #BE3675

split-complementary

#B9BE36 #3675BE #7F36BE

monochromatic

#5C5F1B #8B8E28 #B9BE36 #CDD260 #DCDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE36

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE36	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)

#CDB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d176',
    500: '#b9be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be36;
$custom-light: #d1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77355,
    "c": 0.15246,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE36

secondary

#8886CA

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE36

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

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