#B9BE7A#B9BE7A

#B9BE7A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.090 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE7A
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 122)
HSL	hsl(64, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 35.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -12.33, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 35.97, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0334 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.09 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9342, 48.5469, 25.5700)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE7A #7F7ABE

analogous

#BEA17A #B9BE7A #97BE7A

triadic

#B9BE7A #7AB9BE #BE7AB9

tetradic

#B9BE7A #7ABEA1 #7F7ABE #BE7A97

square

#B9BE7A #7ABEA1 #7F7ABE #BE7A97

split-complementary

#B9BE7A #7A97BE #A17ABE

monochromatic

#7B7F3E #A2A852 #B9BE7A #CFD2A3 #E4E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#B9BE7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#B9BE7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE7A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE7A	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.090 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1a1',
    500: '#b9be7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be7a;
$custom-light: #cfd1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.412,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.08964,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE7A

secondary

#BFBDD7

accent

#38AD41

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE7A

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

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