#B9BE73#B9BE73

#B9BE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.098 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE73
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(64, 37%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 39.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -13.15, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 39.52, 109.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0362 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.098 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5160, 48.3797, 23.3675)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE73 #7873BE

analogous

#BE9E73 #B9BE73 #94BE73

triadic

#B9BE73 #73B9BE #BE73B9

tetradic

#B9BE73 #73BE9E #7873BE #BE7394

square

#B9BE73 #73BE9E #7873BE #BE7394

split-complementary

#B9BE73 #7394BE #9E73BE

monochromatic

#787D3A #A1A64D #B9BE73 #CED19D #E3E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B9BE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE73

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE73	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B86D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.098 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd19c',
    500: '#b9be73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be73;
$custom-light: #cfd19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78042,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE73

secondary

#BAB8D5

accent

#5BCD63

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE73

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

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