#BE9F37#BE9F37

#BE9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F37
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 0.30, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 55.97, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0044 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(34.3248, 36.0213, 8.7585)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F37 #3756BE

analogous

#BE5B37 #BE9F37 #99BE37

triadic

#BE9F37 #37BE9F #9F37BE

tetradic

#BE9F37 #37BE5B #3756BE #BE3799

square

#BE9F37 #37BE5B #3756BE #BE3799

split-complementary

#BE9F37 #3799BE #5B37BE

monochromatic

#5F501C #8F7729 #BE9F37 #D1B761 #DFCD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BE9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F37

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F37	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)

#B09D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb74',
    500: '#be9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f37;
$custom-light: #d5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71171,
    "c": 0.12489,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.36019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F37

secondary

#8796CA

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F37

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

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