#BE9E33#BE9E33

#BE9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E33
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 0.64, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 57.29, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0039 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.127 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0615, 35.6419, 8.2168)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E33 #3353BE

analogous

#BE5933 #BE9E33 #99BE33

triadic

#BE9E33 #33BE9E #9E33BE

tetradic

#BE9E33 #33BE59 #3353BE #BE3399

square

#BE9E33 #33BE59 #3353BE #BE3399

split-complementary

#BE9E33 #3399BE #5933BE

monochromatic

#5E4E19 #8E7626 #BE9E33 #D3B75B #E0CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E33

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E33	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba72',
    500: '#be9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e33;
$custom-light: #d6ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E33

secondary

#8393CA

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E33

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

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