#BE9F2B#BE9F2B

#BE9F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F2B
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 77.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -0.24, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 60.47, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0072 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.132 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0713, 35.9199, 7.4237)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F2B #2B4ABE

analogous

#BE552B #BE9F2B #93BE2B

triadic

#BE9F2B #2BBE9F #9F2BBE

tetradic

#BE9F2B #2BBE55 #2B4ABE #BE2B93

square

#BE9F2B #2BBE55 #2B4ABE #BE2B93

split-complementary

#BE9F2B #2B93BE #552BBE

monochromatic

#5A4B14 #8C7520 #BE9F2B #D7BA4F #E2CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BE9F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F2B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F2B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb6e',
    500: '#be9f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f2b;
$custom-light: #d6bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 63.09,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71085,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F2B

secondary

#7A8BCB

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F2B

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

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