#B9BE38#B9BE38

#B9BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.151 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE38
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -17.95, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 65.79, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0556 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.151 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1361, 47.4277, 10.8335)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE38 #3D38BE

analogous

#BE8038 #B9BE38 #76BE38

triadic

#B9BE38 #38B9BE #BE38B9

tetradic

#B9BE38 #38BE80 #3D38BE #BE3876

square

#B9BE38 #38BE80 #3D38BE #BE3876

split-complementary

#B9BE38 #3876BE #8038BE

monochromatic

#5D5F1C #8B8F2A #B9BE38 #CDD162 #DCDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B9BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE38

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE38	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.151 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d177',
    500: '#b9be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be38;
$custom-light: #d1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.239,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77368,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE38

secondary

#8B88CA

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE38

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

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