#B9BE63#B9BE63

#B9BE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE63
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 99)
HSL	hsl(63, 41%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 48%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 47.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -14.82, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 47.39, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0423 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.115 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6739, 48.0428, 18.9325)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE63 #6863BE

analogous

#BE9663 #B9BE63 #8CBE63

triadic

#B9BE63 #63B9BE #BE63B9

tetradic

#B9BE63 #63BE96 #6863BE #BE638C

square

#B9BE63 #63BE96 #6863BE #BE638C

split-complementary

#B9BE63 #638CBE #9663BE

monochromatic

#727631 #9CA143 #B9BE63 #CCD08E #E0E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#B9BE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE63

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE63	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d191',
    500: '#b9be63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be63;
$custom-light: #d0d191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.297,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77805,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE63

secondary

#AEACD1

accent

#57D15E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F1

border

#D2D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE63

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

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