#B9BE49#B9BE49

#B9BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE49
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -16.94, 56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 59.16, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0511 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.139 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6247, 47.6231, 13.4069)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE49 #4E49BE

analogous

#BE8949 #B9BE49 #7FBE49

triadic

#B9BE49 #49B9BE #BE49B9

tetradic

#B9BE49 #49BE89 #4E49BE #BE497F

square

#B9BE49 #49BE89 #4E49BE #BE497F

split-complementary

#B9BE49 #497FBE #8949BE

monochromatic

#656825 #919535 #B9BE49 #CACE76 #DCDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#B9BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#B9BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE49

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE49	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)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d181',
    500: '#b9be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be49;
$custom-light: #d1d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77507,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE49

secondary

#9A98CB

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE49

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

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