#B9BE3D#B9BE3D

#B9BE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE3D
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 61)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -17.68, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 63.95, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0544 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.148 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2646, 47.4791, 11.5100)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE3D #423DBE

analogous

#BE833D #B9BE3D #78BE3D

triadic

#B9BE3D #3DB9BE #BE3DB9

tetradic

#B9BE3D #3DBE83 #423DBE #BE3D78

square

#B9BE3D #3DBE83 #423DBE #BE3D78

split-complementary

#B9BE3D #3D78BE #833DBE

monochromatic

#5F611F #8C902E #B9BE3D #CBCF69 #DBDE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B9BE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE3D

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE3D	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17a',
    500: '#b9be3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be3d;
$custom-light: #d1d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.326,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77405,
    "c": 0.14796,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE3D

secondary

#908DC9

accent

#4DDB52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE3D

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

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