#BE9F39#BE9F39

#BE9F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.124 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F39
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 0.41, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 55.16, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0038 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.124 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3737, 36.0408, 9.0162)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F39 #3958BE

analogous

#BE5C39 #BE9F39 #9ABE39

triadic

#BE9F39 #39BE9F #9F39BE

tetradic

#BE9F39 #39BE5C #3958BE #BE399A

square

#BE9F39 #39BE5C #3958BE #BE399A

split-complementary

#BE9F39 #399ABE #5C39BE

monochromatic

#60501D #8F782B #BE9F39 #D0B764 #DFCD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BE9F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F39

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F39	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)

#B09D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.124 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb75',
    500: '#be9f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f39;
$custom-light: #d5bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F39

secondary

#8998CA

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F39

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

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