#B9BE43#B9BE43

#B9BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.144 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE43
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -17.33, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 61.62, 106.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0528 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.144 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4353, 47.5474, 12.4093)
Luminance	0.4755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE43 #4843BE

analogous

#BE8543 #B9BE43 #7BBE43

triadic

#B9BE43 #43B9BE #BE43B9

tetradic

#B9BE43 #43BE85 #4843BE #BE437B

square

#B9BE43 #43BE85 #4843BE #BE437B

split-complementary

#B9BE43 #437BBE #8543BE

monochromatic

#616423 #8E9132 #B9BE43 #CACE70 #DBDD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#B9BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE43

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE43	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)

#CCB632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.144 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d17d',
    500: '#b9be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be43;
$custom-light: #d1d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.439,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77453,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE43

secondary

#9593CA

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE43

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

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