#BE9D31#BE9D31

#BE9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D31
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 1.09, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 57.81, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0028 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.128 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8485, 35.2849, 7.9330)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D31 #3152BE

analogous

#BE5631 #BE9D31 #99BE31

triadic

#BE9D31 #31BE9D #9D31BE

tetradic

#BE9D31 #31BE56 #3152BE #BE3199

square

#BE9D31 #31BE56 #3152BE #BE3199

split-complementary

#BE9D31 #3199BE #5631BE

monochromatic

#5D4D18 #8D7524 #BE9D31 #D4B758 #E1CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D31

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D31	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b971',
    500: '#be9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d31;
$custom-light: #d6b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D31

secondary

#8092CA

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D31

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

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