#BE9C2F#BE9C2F

#BE9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C2F
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 1.54, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 58.31, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0017 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6387, 34.9314, 7.6594)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C2F #2F51BE

analogous

#BE542F #BE9C2F #99BE2F

triadic

#BE9C2F #2FBE9C #9C2FBE

tetradic

#BE9C2F #2FBE54 #2F51BE #BE2F99

square

#BE9C2F #2FBE54 #2F51BE #BE2F99

split-complementary

#BE9C2F #2F99BE #542FBE

monochromatic

#5C4B17 #8D7423 #BE9C2F #D5B755 #E1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BE9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C2F

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C2F	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b86f',
    500: '#be9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c2f;
$custom-light: #d6b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7049,
    "c": 0.1282,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C2F

secondary

#7E90CB

accent

#6AE344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C2F

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

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