#BE9D32#BE9D32

#BE9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D32
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 1.14, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 57.42, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0026 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8698, 35.2934, 8.0454)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D32 #3253BE

analogous

#BE5732 #BE9D32 #99BE32

triadic

#BE9D32 #32BE9D #9D32BE

tetradic

#BE9D32 #32BE57 #3253BE #BE3299

square

#BE9D32 #32BE57 #3253BE #BE3299

split-complementary

#BE9D32 #3299BE #5732BE

monochromatic

#5D4D19 #8E7525 #BE9D32 #D3B75A #E0CC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D32

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b971',
    500: '#be9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d32;
$custom-light: #d6b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D32

secondary

#8293CA

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D32

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

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