#BE9E38#BE9E38

#BE9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E38
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 0.89, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 55.31, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0026 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.124 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1777, 35.6884, 8.8290)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E38 #3858BE

analogous

#BE5B38 #BE9E38 #9BBE38

triadic

#BE9E38 #38BE9E #9E38BE

tetradic

#BE9E38 #38BE5B #3858BE #BE389B

square

#BE9E38 #38BE5B #3858BE #BE389B

split-complementary

#BE9E38 #389BBE #5B38BE

monochromatic

#5F4F1C #8F772A #BE9E38 #D1B662 #DFCC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BE9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E38

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E38	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba74',
    500: '#be9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e38;
$custom-light: #d5ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70972,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E38

secondary

#8898CA

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E38

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

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