#B9BE4A#B9BE4A

#B9BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.138 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE4A
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -16.87, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 58.74, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0508 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.138 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6581, 47.6365, 13.5829)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4A #4F4ABE

analogous

#BE894A #B9BE4A #7FBE4A

triadic

#B9BE4A #4AB9BE #BE4AB9

tetradic

#B9BE4A #4ABE89 #4F4ABE #BE4A7F

square

#B9BE4A #4ABE89 #4F4ABE #BE4A7F

split-complementary

#B9BE4A #4A7FBE #894ABE

monochromatic

#656825 #919536 #B9BE4A #CACE77 #DCDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#B9BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4A

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4A	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.138 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d182',
    500: '#b9be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4a;
$custom-light: #d1d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.586,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77517,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4A

secondary

#9B98CB

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4A

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

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