#B9BE4F#B9BE4F

#B9BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.134 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE4F
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -16.51, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 56.59, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0492 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.134 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8333, 47.7066, 14.5056)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE4F #544FBE

analogous

#BE8C4F #B9BE4F #81BE4F

triadic

#B9BE4F #4FB9BE #BE4FB9

tetradic

#B9BE4F #4FBE8C #544FBE #BE4F81

square

#B9BE4F #4FBE8C #544FBE #BE4F81

split-complementary

#B9BE4F #4F81BE #8C4FBE

monochromatic

#686B28 #939838 #B9BE4F #CBCF7C #DDDFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#B9BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE4F

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE4F	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)

#CBB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.134 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d185',
    500: '#b9be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be4f;
$custom-light: #d0d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.703,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE4F

secondary

#9F9CCC

accent

#52D658

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE4F

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

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