#BE9E39#BE9E39

#BE9E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9E39
RGB	rgb(190, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 0.95, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 54.90, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0023 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.123 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2024, 35.6983, 8.9591)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9E39 #3959BE

analogous

#BE5B39 #BE9E39 #9BBE39

triadic

#BE9E39 #39BE9E #9E39BE

tetradic

#BE9E39 #39BE5B #3959BE #BE399B

square

#BE9E39 #39BE5B #3959BE #BE399B

split-complementary

#BE9E39 #399BBE #5B39BE

monochromatic

#60501D #8F772B #BE9E39 #D0B664 #DFCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BE9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BE9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9E39

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9E39	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)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba75',
    500: '#be9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9e39;
$custom-light: #d5ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70981,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9E39

secondary

#8999CA

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9E39

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

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