#BE9F3A#BE9F3A

#BE9F3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F3A
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 0.46, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 54.75, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0036 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3989, 36.0509, 9.1488)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F3A #3A59BE

analogous

#BE5D3A #BE9F3A #9BBE3A

triadic

#BE9F3A #3ABE9F #9F3ABE

tetradic

#BE9F3A #3ABE5D #3A59BE #BE3A9B

square

#BE9F3A #3ABE5D #3A59BE #BE3A9B

split-complementary

#BE9F3A #3A9BBE #5D3ABE

monochromatic

#60511D #8F782C #BE9F3A #D0B765 #DECD94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BE9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F3A

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F3A	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)

#B09D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb76',
    500: '#be9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f3a;
$custom-light: #d5bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71196,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F3A

secondary

#8A99CA

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F3A

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

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