#BE9D2F#BE9D2F

#BE9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D2F
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 1.00, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 58.55, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0033 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.129 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8072, 35.2684, 7.7156)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D2F #2F50BE

analogous

#BE562F #BE9D2F #98BE2F

triadic

#BE9D2F #2FBE9D #9D2FBE

tetradic

#BE9D2F #2FBE56 #2F50BE #BE2F98

square

#BE9D2F #2FBE56 #2F50BE #BE2F98

split-complementary

#BE9D2F #2F98BE #562FBE

monochromatic

#5C4C17 #8D7423 #BE9D2F #D5B855 #E1CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BE9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D2F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D2F	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b96f',
    500: '#be9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d2f;
$custom-light: #d6b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70697,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D2F

secondary

#7E90CB

accent

#69E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D2F

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

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