#B9BE59#B9BE59
#B9BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.125 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B9BE59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 190, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 44%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 53%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.74, -15.72, 49.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.74, 52.10, 107.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.68% -0.0459 0.1163) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.68% 0.125 111.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.2251, 47.8633, 16.5688) |
| Luminance | 0.4786 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 4.70
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 4.73
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.31
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 5.40
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.55
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B9BE59 #5E59BE
analogous
#BE9059 #B9BE59 #87BE59
triadic
#B9BE59 #59B9BE #BE59B9
tetradic
#B9BE59 #59BE90 #5E59BE #BE5987
square
#B9BE59 #59BE90 #5E59BE #BE5987
split-complementary
#B9BE59 #5987BE #9059BE
monochromatic
#6D712C #989D3D #B9BE59 #CCCF85 #DEE0B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#B9BE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.57
#B9BE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B9BE59
10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B9BE59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B9BE59 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.57 | 10.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB64F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4B4A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b9be59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.125 111.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d0d18b',
500: '#b9be59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b9be59; $custom-light: #d0d18b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b9be59",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 190,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 62.97,
"s": 43.723,
"l": 54.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77678,
"c": 0.12506,
"h": 111.5
},
"luminance": 0.47862
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B9BE59
secondary
#A6A4CF
accent
#54D35B
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9F0
border
#D3D2CB
text
#14140C
muted
#83827D