#BE9E34#BE9E34

#BE9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E34
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 0.69, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 56.90, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0036 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0838, 35.6508, 8.3342)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E34 #3454BE

analogous

#BE5934 #BE9E34 #99BE34

triadic

#BE9E34 #34BE9E #9E34BE

tetradic

#BE9E34 #34BE59 #3454BE #BE3499

square

#BE9E34 #34BE59 #3454BE #BE3499

split-complementary

#BE9E34 #3499BE #5934BE

monochromatic

#5E4E1A #8E7627 #BE9E34 #D3B75D #E0CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E34

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E34	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)

#AF9C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba72',
    500: '#be9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e34;
$custom-light: #d6ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E34

secondary

#8494CA

accent

#6BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E34

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

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