#BE9E32#BE9E32

#BE9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E32
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 0.60, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 57.67, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0041 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0397, 35.6332, 8.1020)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E32 #3252BE

analogous

#BE5832 #BE9E32 #98BE32

triadic

#BE9E32 #32BE9E #9E32BE

tetradic

#BE9E32 #32BE58 #3252BE #BE3298

square

#BE9E32 #32BE58 #3252BE #BE3298

split-complementary

#BE9E32 #3298BE #5832BE

monochromatic

#5D4D19 #8E7625 #BE9E32 #D3B85A #E0CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E32

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E32	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba71',
    500: '#be9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e32;
$custom-light: #d6ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70925,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E32

secondary

#8292CA

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E32

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

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