#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
RGBrgb(185, 190, 89)
HSLhsl(63, 44%, 55%)
HSVhsv(63, 53%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(2.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.74, -15.72, 49.67)
CIE-LCHlch(74.74, 52.10, 107.56°)
OKLaboklab(77.68% -0.0459 0.1163)
OKLCHoklch(77.68% 0.125 111.5)
XYZxyz(40.2251, 47.8633, 16.5688)
Luminance0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##B9BE591.001.9910.5710.57
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5721.001.001.00
##00000010.5721.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

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#B9BE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva