#BE9D38#BE9D38

#BE9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D38
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 1.43, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 55.05, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.001 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.123 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0078, 35.3487, 8.7724)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D38 #3859BE

analogous

#BE5A38 #BE9D38 #9CBE38

triadic

#BE9D38 #38BE9D #9D38BE

tetradic

#BE9D38 #38BE5A #3859BE #BE389C

square

#BE9D38 #38BE5A #3859BE #BE389C

split-complementary

#BE9D38 #389CBE #5A38BE

monochromatic

#5F4F1C #8F762A #BE9D38 #D1B662 #DFCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D38

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b974',
    500: '#be9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d38;
$custom-light: #d5b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70766,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D38

secondary

#8898CA

accent

#6EDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D38

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

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