#BE9F33#BE9F33

#BE9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F33
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 0.11, 57.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 57.54, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0054 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2328, 35.9845, 8.2739)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F33 #3352BE

analogous

#BE5A33 #BE9F33 #97BE33

triadic

#BE9F33 #33BE9F #9F33BE

tetradic

#BE9F33 #33BE5A #3352BE #BE3397

square

#BE9F33 #33BE5A #3352BE #BE3397

split-complementary

#BE9F33 #3397BE #5A33BE

monochromatic

#5E4E19 #8E7726 #BE9F33 #D3B85B #E0CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F33

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F33	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb72',
    500: '#be9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f33;
$custom-light: #d6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.1275,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F33

secondary

#8393CA

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F33

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

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