#BE9D30#BE9D30

#BE9D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D30
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 1.04, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 58.18, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.003 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8276, 35.2766, 7.8231)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D30 #3051BE

analogous

#BE5630 #BE9D30 #98BE30

triadic

#BE9D30 #30BE9D #9D30BE

tetradic

#BE9D30 #30BE56 #3051BE #BE3098

square

#BE9D30 #30BE56 #3051BE #BE3098

split-complementary

#BE9D30 #3098BE #5630BE

monochromatic

#5C4C17 #8D7524 #BE9D30 #D4B757 #E1CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BE9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D30

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D30	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)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b970',
    500: '#be9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d30;
$custom-light: #d6b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.12817,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D30

secondary

#7F91CB

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D30

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

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