#B9BE74#B9BE74

#B9BE74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.097 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE74
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 116)
HSL	hsl(64, 36%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 39%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 38.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -13.03, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 39.01, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0358 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.097 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5738, 48.4028, 23.6722)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE74 #7974BE

analogous

#BE9E74 #B9BE74 #94BE74

triadic

#B9BE74 #74B9BE #BE74B9

tetradic

#B9BE74 #74BE9E #7974BE #BE7494

square

#B9BE74 #74BE9E #7974BE #BE7494

split-complementary

#B9BE74 #7494BE #9E74BE

monochromatic

#797D3A #A1A74E #B9BE74 #CED29E #E3E5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#B9BE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#B9BE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE74

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE74	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)

#C8B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.097 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd19d',
    500: '#b9be74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be74;
$custom-light: #cfd19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78059,
    "c": 0.09662,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE74

secondary

#BBB9D5

accent

#5CCC63

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE74

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

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