#BE9E35#BE9E35

#BE9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E35
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 0.74, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 56.51, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0033 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.126 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1065, 35.6599, 8.4541)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E35 #3555BE

analogous

#BE5935 #BE9E35 #9ABE35

triadic

#BE9E35 #35BE9E #9E35BE

tetradic

#BE9E35 #35BE59 #3555BE #BE359A

square

#BE9E35 #35BE59 #3555BE #BE359A

split-complementary

#BE9E35 #359ABE #5935BE

monochromatic

#5E4E1A #8E7628 #BE9E35 #D2B75E #DFCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E35

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E35	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)

#AF9C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba73',
    500: '#be9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e35;
$custom-light: #d6ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70948,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E35

secondary

#8595CA

accent

#6CE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E35

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

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