#BE9D39#BE9D39

#BE9D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D39
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 1.49, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 54.64, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0007 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.122 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0325, 35.3585, 8.9024)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D39 #395ABE

analogous

#BE5A39 #BE9D39 #9CBE39

triadic

#BE9D39 #39BE9D #9D39BE

tetradic

#BE9D39 #39BE5A #395ABE #BE399C

square

#BE9D39 #39BE5A #395ABE #BE399C

split-complementary

#BE9D39 #399CBE #5A39BE

monochromatic

#604F1D #8F762B #BE9D39 #D0B564 #DFCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D39

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D39	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)

#AE9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b975',
    500: '#be9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d39;
$custom-light: #d5b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70774,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D39

secondary

#8999CA

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D39

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

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