#BE9F32#BE9F32

#BE9F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F32
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 73.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 0.06, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 57.92, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0056 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.128 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2109, 35.9757, 8.1591)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F32 #3251BE

analogous

#BE5932 #BE9F32 #97BE32

triadic

#BE9F32 #32BE9F #9F32BE

tetradic

#BE9F32 #32BE59 #3251BE #BE3297

square

#BE9F32 #32BE59 #3251BE #BE3297

split-complementary

#BE9F32 #3297BE #5932BE

monochromatic

#5D4E19 #8E7625 #BE9F32 #D3B95A #E0CD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BE9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F32

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F32	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)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb71',
    500: '#be9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f32;
$custom-light: #d6bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F32

secondary

#8292CA

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F32

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

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