#B9BE97#B9BE97

#B9BE97 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.053 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BE97
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 151)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 20.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -8.38, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 20.92, 113.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0213 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.053 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0065, 49.3759, 36.4843)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BE97 #9C97BE

analogous

#BEB097 #B9BE97 #A6BE97

triadic

#B9BE97 #97B9BE #BE97B9

tetradic

#B9BE97 #97BEB0 #9C97BE #BE97A6

square

#B9BE97 #97BEB0 #9C97BE #BE97A6

split-complementary

#B9BE97 #97A6BE #B097BE

monochromatic

#808754 #A0A671 #B9BE97 #D2D6BD #ECEDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#B9BE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#B9BE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BE97

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BE97	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9be97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.053 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1b5',
    500: '#b9be97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9be97;
$custom-light: #ced1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9be97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.05336,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BE97

secondary

#D4D2DF

accent

#44A250

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F6

border

#D2D2D0

text

#131411

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BE97

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

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