#B9BE4B#B9BE4B

#B9BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE4B
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -16.80, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 58.32, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.0505 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.137 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6921, 47.6501, 13.7617)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4B #504BBE

analogous

#BE8A4B #B9BE4B #7FBE4B

triadic

#B9BE4B #4BB9BE #BE4BB9

tetradic

#B9BE4B #4BBE8A #504BBE #BE4B7F

square

#B9BE4B #4BBE8A #504BBE #BE4B7F

split-complementary

#B9BE4B #4B7FBE #8A4BBE

monochromatic

#666926 #929636 #B9BE4B #CACE78 #DCDEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#B9BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4B	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)

#CCB63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d182',
    500: '#b9be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4b;
$custom-light: #d1d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77526,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4B

secondary

#9B99CC

accent

#51D757

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4B

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

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