#B9BE55#B9BE55

#B9BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE55
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, -16.05, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 53.92, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0473 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.129 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0617, 47.7979, 15.7081)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE55 #5A55BE

analogous

#BE8F55 #B9BE55 #85BE55

triadic

#B9BE55 #55B9BE #BE55B9

tetradic

#B9BE55 #55BE8F #5A55BE #BE5585

square

#B9BE55 #55BE8F #5A55BE #BE5585

split-complementary

#B9BE55 #5585BE #8F55BE

monochromatic

#6B6E2A #969B3B #B9BE55 #CBCF81 #DDE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#B9BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#B9BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE55

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE55	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d188',
    500: '#b9be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be55;
$custom-light: #d0d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77631,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE55

secondary

#A3A1CE

accent

#53D45A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE55

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

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