#B9BE53#B9BE53

#B9BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; 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	#B9BE53
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -16.21, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 54.82, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0479 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.131 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9833, 47.7666, 15.2956)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE53 #5853BE

analogous

#BE8D53 #B9BE53 #83BE53

triadic

#B9BE53 #53B9BE #BE53B9

tetradic

#B9BE53 #53BE8D #5853BE #BE5383

square

#B9BE53 #53BE8D #5853BE #BE5383

split-complementary

#B9BE53 #5383BE #8D53BE

monochromatic

#6A6D29 #959A3A #B9BE53 #CBCF7F #DDE0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#B9BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE53

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE53	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)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d187',
    500: '#b9be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be53;
$custom-light: #d0d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.804,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77609,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE53

secondary

#A29FCD

accent

#53D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE53

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

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