#B9BE3C#B9BE3C

#B9BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.149 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE3C
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(62, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -17.74, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 64.33, 106.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0546 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.149 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2379, 47.4684, 11.3695)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE3C #413CBE

analogous

#BE823C #B9BE3C #78BE3C

triadic

#B9BE3C #3CB9BE #BE3CB9

tetradic

#B9BE3C #3CBE82 #413CBE #BE3C78

square

#B9BE3C #3CBE82 #413CBE #BE3C78

split-complementary

#B9BE3C #3C78BE #823CBE

monochromatic

#5E611F #8C8F2D #B9BE3C #CBCF68 #DBDE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#B9BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE3C

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE3C	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)

#CCB528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.149 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17a',
    500: '#b9be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be3c;
$custom-light: #d1d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77397,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE3C

secondary

#8F8CCA

accent

#4CDB52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE3C

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

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