#BE9A2C#BE9A2C

#BE9A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A2C
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, 2.49, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 58.95, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0007 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2474, 34.2423, 7.2407)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A2C #2C50BE

analogous

#BE512C #BE9A2C #99BE2C

triadic

#BE9A2C #2CBE9A #9A2CBE

tetradic

#BE9A2C #2CBE51 #2C50BE #BE2C99

square

#BE9A2C #2CBE51 #2C50BE #BE2C99

split-complementary

#BE9A2C #2C99BE #512CBE

monochromatic

#5B4915 #8C7220 #BE9A2C #D7B651 #E2CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BE9A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE9A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A2C

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A2C	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b76e',
    500: '#be9a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a2c;
$custom-light: #d6b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A2C

secondary

#7B8FCB

accent

#6BE542

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A2C

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

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