#B9BE71#B9BE71

#B9BE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.100 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE71
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 113)
HSL	hsl(64, 37%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 40.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -13.37, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 40.52, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.037 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.1 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4021, 48.3341, 22.7680)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE71 #7671BE

analogous

#BE9D71 #B9BE71 #93BE71

triadic

#B9BE71 #71B9BE #BE71B9

tetradic

#B9BE71 #71BE9D #7671BE #BE7193

square

#B9BE71 #71BE9D #7671BE #BE7193

split-complementary

#B9BE71 #7193BE #9D71BE

monochromatic

#787C39 #A0A64C #B9BE71 #CED19B #E2E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B9BE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE71

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE71	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.100 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd19b',
    500: '#b9be71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be71;
$custom-light: #cfd19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 37.198,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.10003,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE71

secondary

#B8B6D4

accent

#5BCD62

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE71

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

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