#BE9D35#BE9D35

#BE9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D35
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 1.28, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 56.26, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0018 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.125 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9367, 35.3202, 8.3975)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D35 #3556BE

analogous

#BE5835 #BE9D35 #9BBE35

triadic

#BE9D35 #35BE9D #9D35BE

tetradic

#BE9D35 #35BE58 #3556BE #BE359B

square

#BE9D35 #35BE58 #3556BE #BE359B

split-complementary

#BE9D35 #359BBE #5835BE

monochromatic

#5E4E1A #8E7528 #BE9D35 #D2B65E #DFCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BE9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D35

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D35	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b973',
    500: '#be9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d35;
$custom-light: #d6b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D35

secondary

#8595CA

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D35

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

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