#BE9E2F#BE9E2F

#BE9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E2F
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 75.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 0.46, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 58.80, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0048 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.129 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9771, 35.6082, 7.7722)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E2F #2F4FBE

analogous

#BE562F #BE9E2F #97BE2F

triadic

#BE9E2F #2FBE9E #9E2FBE

tetradic

#BE9E2F #2FBE56 #2F4FBE #BE2F97

square

#BE9E2F #2FBE56 #2F4FBE #BE2F97

split-complementary

#BE9E2F #2F97BE #562FBE

monochromatic

#5C4C17 #8D7523 #BE9E2F #D5B855 #E1CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BE9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E2F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E2F	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)

#B09C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba70',
    500: '#be9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e2f;
$custom-light: #d6ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 60.338,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E2F

secondary

#7E8FCB

accent

#68E344

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E2F

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

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