#BE9B30#BE9B30

#BE9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B30
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 2.12, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 57.71, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0001 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.4920, 34.6054, 7.7112)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B30 #3053BE

analogous

#BE5430 #BE9B30 #9ABE30

triadic

#BE9B30 #30BE9B #9B30BE

tetradic

#BE9B30 #30BE54 #3053BE #BE309A

square

#BE9B30 #30BE54 #3053BE #BE309A

split-complementary

#BE9B30 #309ABE #5430BE

monochromatic

#5C4B17 #8D7324 #BE9B30 #D4B557 #E1CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B30

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B30	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)

#AD991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b870',
    500: '#be9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b30;
$custom-light: #d6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70291,
    "c": 0.12706,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.34603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B30

secondary

#7F92CB

accent

#6CE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B30

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

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