#BE9D36#BE9D36

#BE9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D36
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 1.33, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 55.86, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0015 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.124 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9599, 35.3295, 8.5199)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D36 #3657BE

analogous

#BE5936 #BE9D36 #9BBE36

triadic

#BE9D36 #36BE9D #9D36BE

tetradic

#BE9D36 #36BE59 #3657BE #BE369B

square

#BE9D36 #36BE59 #3657BE #BE369B

split-complementary

#BE9D36 #369BBE #5936BE

monochromatic

#5F4E1B #8E7628 #BE9D36 #D2B660 #DFCC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D36

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D36	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b973',
    500: '#be9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d36;
$custom-light: #d5b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D36

secondary

#8696CA

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D36

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

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