#BE9D3A#BE9D3A

#BE9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9D3A
RGB	rgb(190, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 1.54, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 54.23, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0005 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.122 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0577, 35.3686, 9.0351)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9D3A #3A5BBE

analogous

#BE5B3A #BE9D3A #9DBE3A

triadic

#BE9D3A #3ABE9D #9D3ABE

tetradic

#BE9D3A #3ABE5B #3A5BBE #BE3A9D

square

#BE9D3A #3ABE5B #3A5BBE #BE3A9D

split-complementary

#BE9D3A #3A9DBE #5B3ABE

monochromatic

#60501D #8F762C #BE9D3A #D0B565 #DECC94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BE9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BE9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9D3A

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9D3A	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)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b976',
    500: '#be9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9d3a;
$custom-light: #d5b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70783,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9D3A

secondary

#8A9ACA

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9D3A

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

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