#BE9F38#BE9F38

#BE9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F38
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 0.36, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 55.57, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0041 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.124 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3490, 36.0309, 8.8861)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F38 #3857BE

analogous

#BE5C38 #BE9F38 #9ABE38

triadic

#BE9F38 #38BE9F #9F38BE

tetradic

#BE9F38 #38BE5C #3857BE #BE389A

square

#BE9F38 #38BE5C #3857BE #BE389A

split-complementary

#BE9F38 #389ABE #5C38BE

monochromatic

#5F501C #8F772A #BE9F38 #D1B762 #DFCD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BE9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F38

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F38	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb75',
    500: '#be9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f38;
$custom-light: #d5bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71179,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F38

secondary

#8897CA

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F38

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

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