#B9BE72#B9BE72

#B9BE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.099 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE72
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 40%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -13.26, 37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 40.02, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0366 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.099 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4588, 48.3568, 23.0661)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE72 #7772BE

analogous

#BE9D72 #B9BE72 #93BE72

triadic

#B9BE72 #72B9BE #BE72B9

tetradic

#B9BE72 #72BE9D #7772BE #BE7293

square

#B9BE72 #72BE9D #7772BE #BE7293

split-complementary

#B9BE72 #7293BE #9D72BE

monochromatic

#787C39 #A0A64D #B9BE72 #CED19C #E3E5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#B9BE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE72

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE72	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)

#C9B86C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.099 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd19c',
    500: '#b9be72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be72;
$custom-light: #cfd19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 36.893,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78026,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE72

secondary

#B9B7D5

accent

#5BCD62

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE72

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

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