#BE9C36#BE9C36

#BE9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9C36
RGB	rgb(190, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 1.87, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 55.61, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.124 90)
XYZ	xyz(33.7914, 34.9925, 8.4637)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9C36 #3658BE

analogous

#BE5836 #BE9C36 #9CBE36

triadic

#BE9C36 #36BE9C #9C36BE

tetradic

#BE9C36 #36BE58 #3658BE #BE369C

square

#BE9C36 #36BE58 #3658BE #BE369C

split-complementary

#BE9C36 #369CBE #5836BE

monochromatic

#5F4E1B #8E7528 #BE9C36 #D2B560 #DFCB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BE9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BE9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9C36

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9C36	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b873',
    500: '#be9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9c36;
$custom-light: #d6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.3499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9C36

secondary

#8697CA

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9C36

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

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