#BE9F34#BE9F34

#BE9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F34
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 0.15, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 57.16, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0051 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2550, 35.9934, 8.3913)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F34 #3453BE

analogous

#BE5A34 #BE9F34 #98BE34

triadic

#BE9F34 #34BE9F #9F34BE

tetradic

#BE9F34 #34BE5A #3453BE #BE3498

square

#BE9F34 #34BE5A #3453BE #BE3498

split-complementary

#BE9F34 #3498BE #5A34BE

monochromatic

#5E4F1A #8E7727 #BE9F34 #D3B85D #E0CD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F34

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F34	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)

#B09D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bb72',
    500: '#be9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f34;
$custom-light: #d6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 57.025,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71148,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F34

secondary

#8494CA

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F34

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

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