#BE9F2D#BE9F2D

#BE9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.131 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F2D
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -0.16, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 59.76, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0068 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.131 93)
XYZ	xyz(34.1089, 35.9349, 7.6217)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F2D #2D4CBE

analogous

#BE562D #BE9F2D #94BE2D

triadic

#BE9F2D #2DBE9F #9F2DBE

tetradic

#BE9F2D #2DBE56 #2D4CBE #BE2D94

square

#BE9F2D #2DBE56 #2D4CBE #BE2D94

split-complementary

#BE9F2D #2D94BE #562DBE

monochromatic

#5B4C16 #8D7621 #BE9F2D #D6BA52 #E2CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BE9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BE9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F2D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F2D	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.131 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb6f',
    500: '#be9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f2d;
$custom-light: #d6bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71098,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F2D

secondary

#7C8DCB

accent

#66E543

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F2D

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

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