#B9BE3A#B9BE3A

#B9BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.150 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE3A
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -17.84, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 65.07, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0551 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.15 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1860, 47.4477, 11.0963)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE3A #3F3ABE

analogous

#BE813A #B9BE3A #77BE3A

triadic

#B9BE3A #3AB9BE #BE3AB9

tetradic

#B9BE3A #3ABE81 #3F3ABE #BE3A77

square

#B9BE3A #3ABE81 #3F3ABE #BE3A77

split-complementary

#B9BE3A #3A77BE #813ABE

monochromatic

#5E601D #8B8F2C #B9BE3A #CCD065 #DCDE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B9BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE3A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE3A	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)

#CDB524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.150 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d178',
    500: '#b9be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be3a;
$custom-light: #d1d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77383,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE3A

secondary

#8D8ACA

accent

#4BDD51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#141409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE3A

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

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