#B9BE4D#B9BE4D

#B9BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE4D
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(63, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 59.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -16.66, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 57.46, 106.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0499 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.136 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7616, 47.6779, 14.1279)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4D #524DBE

analogous

#BE8B4D #B9BE4D #80BE4D

triadic

#B9BE4D #4DB9BE #BE4DB9

tetradic

#B9BE4D #4DBE8B #524DBE #BE4D80

square

#B9BE4D #4DBE8B #524DBE #BE4D80

split-complementary

#B9BE4D #4D80BE #8B4DBE

monochromatic

#676A27 #939737 #B9BE4D #CBCE7A #DCDFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B9BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4D

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4D	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d183',
    500: '#b9be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4d;
$custom-light: #d1d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.655,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77546,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4D

secondary

#9D9BCC

accent

#52D658

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4D

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

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