#B9BE3E#B9BE3E

#B9BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE3E
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -17.63, 61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 63.57, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0541 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.147 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2917, 47.4900, 11.6532)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE3E #433EBE

analogous

#BE833E #B9BE3E #79BE3E

triadic

#B9BE3E #3EB9BE #BE3EB9

tetradic

#B9BE3E #3EBE83 #433EBE #BE3E79

square

#B9BE3E #3EBE83 #433EBE #BE3E79

split-complementary

#B9BE3E #3E79BE #833EBE

monochromatic

#5F6220 #8C902F #B9BE3E #CBCF6B #DBDE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B9BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE3E

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE3E	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)

#CCB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17b',
    500: '#b9be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be3e;
$custom-light: #d1d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.14728,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE3E

secondary

#918EC9

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE3E

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

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