#BE9E2D#BE9E2D

#BE9E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.131 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E2D
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 0.38, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 59.52, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0053 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.131 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9376, 35.5924, 7.5646)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E2D #2D4DBE

analogous

#BE562D #BE9E2D #95BE2D

triadic

#BE9E2D #2DBE9E #9E2DBE

tetradic

#BE9E2D #2DBE56 #2D4DBE #BE2D95

square

#BE9E2D #2DBE56 #2D4DBE #BE2D95

split-complementary

#BE9E2D #2D95BE #562DBE

monochromatic

#5B4C16 #8D7521 #BE9E2D #D6B952 #E2CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E2D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E2D	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)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.131 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba6f',
    500: '#be9e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e2d;
$custom-light: #d6ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E2D

secondary

#7C8DCB

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E2D

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

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