#B9BE40#B9BE40

#B9BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE40
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -17.51, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 62.80, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0536 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.146 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3476, 47.5123, 11.9475)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE40 #4540BE

analogous

#BE8440 #B9BE40 #7ABE40

triadic

#B9BE40 #40B9BE #BE40B9

tetradic

#B9BE40 #40BE84 #4540BE #BE407A

square

#B9BE40 #40BE84 #4540BE #BE407A

split-complementary

#B9BE40 #407ABE #8440BE

monochromatic

#606221 #8C9031 #B9BE40 #CACE6D #DBDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#B9BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE40

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE40	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)

#CCB62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17c',
    500: '#b9be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be40;
$custom-light: #d1d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77429,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE40

secondary

#9390C9

accent

#4FD954

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE40

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

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