#BE9C33#BE9C33

#BE9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C33
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, 1.72, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 56.80, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0008 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7231, 34.9652, 8.1041)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C33 #3355BE

analogous

#BE5733 #BE9C33 #9ABE33

triadic

#BE9C33 #33BE9C #9C33BE

tetradic

#BE9C33 #33BE57 #3355BE #BE339A

square

#BE9C33 #33BE57 #3355BE #BE339A

split-complementary

#BE9C33 #339ABE #5733BE

monochromatic

#5E4D19 #8E7426 #BE9C33 #D3B65B #E0CB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BE9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C33

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C33	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)

#AE9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b871',
    500: '#be9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c33;
$custom-light: #d6b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.12575,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C33

secondary

#8394CA

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C33

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

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