#BE9825#BE9825

#BE9825 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9825
RGB	rgb(190, 152, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 3.31, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 60.90, 86.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0023 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(32.7994, 33.5394, 6.4961)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9825 #254BBE

analogous

#BE4C25 #BE9825 #98BE25

triadic

#BE9825 #25BE98 #9825BE

tetradic

#BE9825 #25BE4C #254BBE #BE2598

square

#BE9825 #25BE4C #254BBE #BE2598

split-complementary

#BE9825 #2598BE #4C25BE

monochromatic

#584611 #8B6F1B #BE9825 #DBB645 #E5CA79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BE9825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BE9825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9825

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9825	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 152, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b56a',
    500: '#be9825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9825;
$custom-light: #d6b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69605,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.33537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9825

secondary

#7289CD

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9825

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

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