#BE9D37#BE9D37

#BE9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D37
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 1.38, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 55.46, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0013 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9836, 35.3390, 8.6448)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D37 #3758BE

analogous

#BE5937 #BE9D37 #9CBE37

triadic

#BE9D37 #37BE9D #9D37BE

tetradic

#BE9D37 #37BE59 #3758BE #BE379C

square

#BE9D37 #37BE59 #3758BE #BE379C

split-complementary

#BE9D37 #379CBE #5937BE

monochromatic

#5F4F1C #8F7629 #BE9D37 #D1B661 #DFCC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D37

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D37	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)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b974',
    500: '#be9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d37;
$custom-light: #d5b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70757,
    "c": 0.1237,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D37

secondary

#8797CA

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D37

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

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