#BE9D33#BE9D33

#BE9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D33
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 1.18, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 57.04, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0023 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.8916, 35.3022, 8.1602)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D33 #3354BE

analogous

#BE5733 #BE9D33 #9ABE33

triadic

#BE9D33 #33BE9D #9D33BE

tetradic

#BE9D33 #33BE57 #3354BE #BE339A

square

#BE9D33 #33BE57 #3354BE #BE339A

split-complementary

#BE9D33 #339ABE #5733BE

monochromatic

#5E4D19 #8E7526 #BE9D33 #D3B75B #E0CC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BE9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D33

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D33	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)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b972',
    500: '#be9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d33;
$custom-light: #d6b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D33

secondary

#8394CA

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D33

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

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