#BE9C30#BE9C30

#BE9C30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C30
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 1.58, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 57.94, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0015 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.128 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6591, 34.9396, 7.7669)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C30 #3052BE

analogous

#BE5530 #BE9C30 #99BE30

triadic

#BE9C30 #30BE9C #9C30BE

tetradic

#BE9C30 #30BE55 #3052BE #BE3099

square

#BE9C30 #30BE55 #3052BE #BE3099

split-complementary

#BE9C30 #3099BE #5530BE

monochromatic

#5C4C17 #8D7424 #BE9C30 #D4B657 #E1CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BE9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C30

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C30	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b870',
    500: '#be9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c30;
$custom-light: #d6b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C30

secondary

#7F91CB

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C30

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

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