#B9BE37#B9BE37

#B9BE37 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	#B9BE37
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -18.00, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 66.14, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0558 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1119, 47.4180, 10.7060)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE37 #3C37BE

analogous

#BE7F37 #B9BE37 #75BE37

triadic

#B9BE37 #37B9BE #BE37B9

tetradic

#B9BE37 #37BE7F #3C37BE #BE3775

square

#B9BE37 #37BE7F #3C37BE #BE3775

split-complementary

#B9BE37 #3775BE #7F37BE

monochromatic

#5D5F1C #8B8F29 #B9BE37 #CDD161 #DCDF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#B9BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE37

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE37	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)

#CDB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d177',
    500: '#b9be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be37;
$custom-light: #d1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE37

secondary

#8987CA

accent

#49DE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE37

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

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