#B9BE42#B9BE42

#B9BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.144 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE42
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -17.39, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 62.02, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0531 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.144 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4056, 47.5355, 12.2527)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE42 #4742BE

analogous

#BE8542 #B9BE42 #7BBE42

triadic

#B9BE42 #42B9BE #BE42B9

tetradic

#B9BE42 #42BE85 #4742BE #BE427B

square

#B9BE42 #42BE85 #4742BE #BE427B

split-complementary

#B9BE42 #427BBE #8542BE

monochromatic

#616322 #8D9132 #B9BE42 #CACE70 #DBDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B9BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE42

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE42	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.144 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17d',
    500: '#b9be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be42;
$custom-light: #d1d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE42

secondary

#9492CA

accent

#4FD855

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE42

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

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