#BE9C2E#BE9C2E

#BE9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C2E
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 1.50, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 58.68, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.002 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6188, 34.9234, 7.5544)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C2E #2E50BE

analogous

#BE542E #BE9C2E #98BE2E

triadic

#BE9C2E #2EBE9C #9C2EBE

tetradic

#BE9C2E #2EBE54 #2E50BE #BE2E98

square

#BE9C2E #2EBE54 #2E50BE #BE2E98

split-complementary

#BE9C2E #2E98BE #542EBE

monochromatic

#5B4B16 #8D7422 #BE9C2E #D6B754 #E1CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BE9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C2E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C2E	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)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b86f',
    500: '#be9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c2e;
$custom-light: #d6b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C2E

secondary

#7D8FCB

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C2E

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

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