#B9BE77#B9BE77

#B9BE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.093 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE77
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 119)
HSL	hsl(64, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 37.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -12.69, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 37.50, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0346 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.093 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7512, 48.4737, 24.6061)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE77 #7C77BE

analogous

#BE9F77 #B9BE77 #95BE77

triadic

#B9BE77 #77B9BE #BE77B9

tetradic

#B9BE77 #77BE9F #7C77BE #BE7795

square

#B9BE77 #77BE9F #7C77BE #BE7795

split-complementary

#B9BE77 #7795BE #9F77BE

monochromatic

#7A7E3C #A2A850 #B9BE77 #CED2A0 #E4E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9BE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#B9BE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE77

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE77	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.093 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd19f',
    500: '#b9be77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be77;
$custom-light: #cfd19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 35.323,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78108,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE77

secondary

#BDBBD6

accent

#37AE40

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE77

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

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