#BE9A2E#BE9A2E

#BE9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9A2E
RGB	rgb(190, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 2.58, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 58.22, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0011 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2859, 34.2577, 7.4435)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9A2E #2E52BE

analogous

#BE522E #BE9A2E #9ABE2E

triadic

#BE9A2E #2EBE9A #9A2EBE

tetradic

#BE9A2E #2EBE52 #2E52BE #BE2E9A

square

#BE9A2E #2EBE52 #2E52BE #BE2E9A

split-complementary

#BE9A2E #2E9ABE #522EBE

monochromatic

#5B4A16 #8D7222 #BE9A2E #D6B554 #E1CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BE9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BE9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9A2E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9A2E	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b76f',
    500: '#be9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9a2e;
$custom-light: #d6b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9A2E

secondary

#7D90CB

accent

#6CE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9A2E

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

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