#BE9E36#BE9E36

#BE9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E36
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, 0.79, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 56.11, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0031 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.125 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1298, 35.6692, 8.5765)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E36 #3656BE

analogous

#BE5A36 #BE9E36 #9ABE36

triadic

#BE9E36 #36BE9E #9E36BE

tetradic

#BE9E36 #36BE5A #3656BE #BE369A

square

#BE9E36 #36BE5A #3656BE #BE369A

split-complementary

#BE9E36 #369ABE #5A36BE

monochromatic

#5F4F1B #8E7628 #BE9E36 #D2B760 #DFCC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BE9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E36

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E36	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)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba73',
    500: '#be9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e36;
$custom-light: #d5ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70956,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E36

secondary

#8696CA

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E36

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

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