#BE9E31#BE9E31

#BE9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E31
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 0.55, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 58.05, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0043 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0183, 35.6247, 7.9896)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E31 #3151BE

analogous

#BE5831 #BE9E31 #98BE31

triadic

#BE9E31 #31BE9E #9E31BE

tetradic

#BE9E31 #31BE58 #3151BE #BE3198

square

#BE9E31 #31BE58 #3151BE #BE3198

split-complementary

#BE9E31 #3198BE #5831BE

monochromatic

#5D4D18 #8D7624 #BE9E31 #D4B858 #E1CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BE9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E31

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E31	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba71',
    500: '#be9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e31;
$custom-light: #d6ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E31

secondary

#8091CA

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E31

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

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