#BE9F35#BE9F35

#BE9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F35
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 0.20, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 56.76, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0049 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2778, 36.0025, 8.5112)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F35 #3554BE

analogous

#BE5A35 #BE9F35 #99BE35

triadic

#BE9F35 #35BE9F #9F35BE

tetradic

#BE9F35 #35BE5A #3554BE #BE3599

square

#BE9F35 #35BE5A #3554BE #BE3599

split-complementary

#BE9F35 #3599BE #5A35BE

monochromatic

#5E4F1A #8E7728 #BE9F35 #D2B85E #DFCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F35

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F35	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)

#B09D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb73',
    500: '#be9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f35;
$custom-light: #d5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71155,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F35

secondary

#8594CA

accent

#6AE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F35

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

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