#BE9C2D#BE9C2D

#BE9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C2D
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 1.45, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 59.04, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0022 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.129 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.5993, 34.9156, 7.4518)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C2D #2D4FBE

analogous

#BE532D #BE9C2D #97BE2D

triadic

#BE9C2D #2DBE9C #9C2DBE

tetradic

#BE9C2D #2DBE53 #2D4FBE #BE2D97

square

#BE9C2D #2DBE53 #2D4FBE #BE2D97

split-complementary

#BE9C2D #2D97BE #532DBE

monochromatic

#5B4B16 #8D7321 #BE9C2D #D6B752 #E2CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BE9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C2D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C2D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b86e',
    500: '#be9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c2d;
$custom-light: #d6b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70477,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.34914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C2D

secondary

#7C8ECB

accent

#69E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C2D

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

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