#BE9B31#BE9B31

#BE9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B31
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 2.17, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 57.33, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0003 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.126 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5129, 34.6137, 7.8211)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B31 #3154BE

analogous

#BE5431 #BE9B31 #9BBE31

triadic

#BE9B31 #31BE9B #9B31BE

tetradic

#BE9B31 #31BE54 #3154BE #BE319B

square

#BE9B31 #31BE54 #3154BE #BE319B

split-complementary

#BE9B31 #319BBE #5431BE

monochromatic

#5D4C18 #8D7324 #BE9B31 #D4B558 #E1CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B31

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b870',
    500: '#be9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b31;
$custom-light: #d6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B31

secondary

#8093CA

accent

#6CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B31

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

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