#B9BE47#B9BE47

#B9BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.141 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE47
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -17.07, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 59.99, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0517 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.141 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5595, 47.5970, 13.0633)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE47 #4C47BE

analogous

#BE8747 #B9BE47 #7DBE47

triadic

#B9BE47 #47B9BE #BE47B9

tetradic

#B9BE47 #47BE87 #4C47BE #BE477D

square

#B9BE47 #47BE87 #4C47BE #BE477D

split-complementary

#B9BE47 #477DBE #8747BE

monochromatic

#646624 #909434 #B9BE47 #CACE74 #DBDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B9BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE47

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE47	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.141 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d180',
    500: '#b9be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be47;
$custom-light: #d1d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE47

secondary

#9896CB

accent

#50D756

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE47

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

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