#B9BE52#B9BE52

#B9BE52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE52
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -16.29, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 55.27, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0483 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.131 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9450, 47.7513, 15.0937)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE52 #5752BE

analogous

#BE8D52 #B9BE52 #83BE52

triadic

#B9BE52 #52B9BE #BE52B9

tetradic

#B9BE52 #52BE8D #5752BE #BE5283

square

#B9BE52 #52BE8D #5752BE #BE5283

split-complementary

#B9BE52 #5283BE #8D52BE

monochromatic

#6A6D29 #95993A #B9BE52 #CBCF7E #DDDFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B9BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE52

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE52	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d186',
    500: '#b9be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be52;
$custom-light: #d0d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.778,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77598,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE52

secondary

#A19FCD

accent

#53D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE52

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

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