#B9BE69#B9BE69

#B9BE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.109 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE69
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 45%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 44.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -14.22, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 44.48, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0401 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.109 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9715, 48.1618, 20.4997)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE69 #6E69BE

analogous

#BE9869 #B9BE69 #8FBE69

triadic

#B9BE69 #69B9BE #BE69B9

tetradic

#B9BE69 #69BE98 #6E69BE #BE698F

square

#B9BE69 #69BE98 #6E69BE #BE698F

split-complementary

#B9BE69 #698FBE #9869BE

monochromatic

#747834 #9EA347 #B9BE69 #CDD194 #E1E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#B9BE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#B9BE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE69

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE69	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.109 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd195',
    500: '#b9be69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be69;
$custom-light: #cfd195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE69

secondary

#B2B0D2

accent

#58CF5F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE69

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

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