#B9BE8A#B9BE8A

#B9BE8A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.070 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE8A
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 138)
HSL	hsl(66, 29%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(66, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 27.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -10.26, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 27.73, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0268 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.07 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0084, 48.9766, 31.2276)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE8A #8F8ABE

analogous

#BEA98A #B9BE8A #9FBE8A

triadic

#B9BE8A #8AB9BE #BE8AB9

tetradic

#B9BE8A #8ABEA9 #8F8ABE #BE8A9F

square

#B9BE8A #8ABEA9 #8F8ABE #BE8A9F

split-complementary

#B9BE8A #8A9FBE #A98ABE

monochromatic

#7F8449 #A1A863 #B9BE8A #D1D4B1 #E8EAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#B9BE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#B9BE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE8A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE8A	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BB8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.070 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1ac',
    500: '#b9be8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be8a;
$custom-light: #ced1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78461,
    "c": 0.07006,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE8A

secondary

#CBC9DB

accent

#3EA748

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F9F4

border

#D2D2CE

text

#131410

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE8A

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

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