#BE9F31#BE9F31

#BE9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F31
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 0.01, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 58.30, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0059 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1896, 35.9672, 8.0467)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F31 #3150BE

analogous

#BE5931 #BE9F31 #96BE31

triadic

#BE9F31 #31BE9F #9F31BE

tetradic

#BE9F31 #31BE59 #3150BE #BE3196

square

#BE9F31 #31BE59 #3150BE #BE3196

split-complementary

#BE9F31 #3196BE #5931BE

monochromatic

#5D4E18 #8D7624 #BE9F31 #D4B958 #E1CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BE9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F31

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F31	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B19C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb71',
    500: '#be9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f31;
$custom-light: #d6bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F31

secondary

#8091CA

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F31

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

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