#B9BE81#B9BE81

#B9BE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.081 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE81
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 129)
HSL	hsl(65, 32%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 32%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 32.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -11.46, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 32.39, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0305 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.081 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3836, 48.7267, 27.9371)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE81 #8681BE

analogous

#BEA481 #B9BE81 #9BBE81

triadic

#B9BE81 #81B9BE #BE81B9

tetradic

#B9BE81 #81BEA4 #8681BE #BE819B

square

#B9BE81 #81BEA4 #8681BE #BE819B

split-complementary

#B9BE81 #819BBE #A481BE

monochromatic

#7D8243 #A3A959 #B9BE81 #CFD3A9 #E6E8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9BE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#B9BE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE81

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE81	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.081 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd1a6',
    500: '#b9be81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be81;
$custom-light: #cfd1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 31.937,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78286,
    "c": 0.08123,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE81

secondary

#C4C2D8

accent

#3BAB44

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#14140F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE81

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

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