#BE9B32#BE9B32

#BE9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9B32
RGB	rgb(190, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 2.22, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 56.95, 87.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0005 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.126 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5342, 34.6222, 7.9335)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9B32 #3255BE

analogous

#BE5532 #BE9B32 #9BBE32

triadic

#BE9B32 #32BE9B #9B32BE

tetradic

#BE9B32 #32BE55 #3255BE #BE329B

square

#BE9B32 #32BE55 #3255BE #BE329B

split-complementary

#BE9B32 #329BBE #5532BE

monochromatic

#5D4C19 #8E7325 #BE9B32 #D3B55A #E0CB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BE9B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BE9B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9B32

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9B32	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)

#AD9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b871',
    500: '#be9b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9b32;
$custom-light: #d6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70306,
    "c": 0.12583,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9B32

secondary

#8294CA

accent

#6DE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9B32

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

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