#BE9B2F#BE9B2F

#BE9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B2F
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 2.08, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 58.08, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0002 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.128 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4716, 34.5972, 7.6037)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B2F #2F52BE

analogous

#BE542F #BE9B2F #9ABE2F

triadic

#BE9B2F #2FBE9B #9B2FBE

tetradic

#BE9B2F #2FBE54 #2F52BE #BE2F9A

square

#BE9B2F #2FBE54 #2F52BE #BE2F9A

split-complementary

#BE9B2F #2F9ABE #542FBE

monochromatic

#5C4B17 #8D7323 #BE9B2F #D5B655 #E1CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B2F

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B2F	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)

#AD991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b86f',
    500: '#be9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b2f;
$custom-light: #d6b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B2F

secondary

#7E91CB

accent

#6BE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B2F

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

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