#BE9E2B#BE9E2B

#BE9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E2B
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 0.30, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 60.22, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0057 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.132 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9000, 35.5773, 7.3666)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E2B #2B4BBE

analogous

#BE552B #BE9E2B #94BE2B

triadic

#BE9E2B #2BBE9E #9E2BBE

tetradic

#BE9E2B #2BBE55 #2B4BBE #BE2B94

square

#BE9E2B #2BBE55 #2B4BBE #BE2B94

split-complementary

#BE9E2B #2B94BE #552BBE

monochromatic

#5A4B14 #8C7420 #BE9E2B #D7BA4F #E2CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E2B

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E2B	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba6e',
    500: '#be9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e2b;
$custom-light: #d6ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E2B

secondary

#7A8BCB

accent

#65E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E2B

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

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