#BE9B2D#BE9B2D

#BE9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B2D
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 1.99, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 58.81, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0006 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4322, 34.5814, 7.3961)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B2D #2D50BE

analogous

#BE522D #BE9B2D #98BE2D

triadic

#BE9B2D #2DBE9B #9B2DBE

tetradic

#BE9B2D #2DBE52 #2D50BE #BE2D98

square

#BE9B2D #2DBE52 #2D50BE #BE2D98

split-complementary

#BE9B2D #2D98BE #522DBE

monochromatic

#5B4A16 #8D7321 #BE9B2D #D6B652 #E2CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B2D

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B2D	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b86e',
    500: '#be9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b2d;
$custom-light: #d6b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B2D

secondary

#7C8FCB

accent

#6AE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B2D

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

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