#B9BE4E#B9BE4E

#B9BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.135 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE4E
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -16.59, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 57.03, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0495 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.135 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7972, 47.6921, 14.3153)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4E #534EBE

analogous

#BE8B4E #B9BE4E #81BE4E

triadic

#B9BE4E #4EB9BE #BE4EB9

tetradic

#B9BE4E #4EBE8B #534EBE #BE4E81

square

#B9BE4E #4EBE8B #534EBE #BE4E81

split-complementary

#B9BE4E #4E81BE #8B4EBE

monochromatic

#676A27 #939738 #B9BE4E #CBCE7B #DCDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B9BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4E

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4E	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)

#CBB641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.135 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d184',
    500: '#b9be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4e;
$custom-light: #d1d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.679,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77556,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4E

secondary

#9E9CCC

accent

#52D658

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4E

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

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