#B9BE4C#B9BE4C

#B9BE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; 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	#B9BE4C
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 60%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -16.73, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 57.89, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0502 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.137 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7266, 47.6639, 13.9434)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4C #514CBE

analogous

#BE8A4C #B9BE4C #80BE4C

triadic

#B9BE4C #4CB9BE #BE4CB9

tetradic

#B9BE4C #4CBE8A #514CBE #BE4C80

square

#B9BE4C #4CBE8A #514CBE #BE4C80

split-complementary

#B9BE4C #4C80BE #8A4CBE

monochromatic

#666926 #929637 #B9BE4C #CBCE79 #DCDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#B9BE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4C

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4C	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)

#CCB63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d183',
    500: '#b9be4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4c;
$custom-light: #d1d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.632,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77536,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4C

secondary

#9C9ACC

accent

#51D657

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4C

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

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