#BE9F36#BE9F36

#BE9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F36
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 0.25, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 56.37, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0046 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3010, 36.0118, 8.6336)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F36 #3655BE

analogous

#BE5B36 #BE9F36 #99BE36

triadic

#BE9F36 #36BE9F #9F36BE

tetradic

#BE9F36 #36BE5B #3655BE #BE3699

square

#BE9F36 #36BE5B #3655BE #BE3699

split-complementary

#BE9F36 #3699BE #5B36BE

monochromatic

#5F4F1B #8E7728 #BE9F36 #D2B860 #DFCD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F36

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F36	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)

#B09D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb73',
    500: '#be9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f36;
$custom-light: #d5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71163,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F36

secondary

#8695CA

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →