#BE9F3B#BE9F3B

#BE9F3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.122 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F3B
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 0.52, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 54.33, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0033 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.122 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4246, 36.0612, 9.2841)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F3B #3B5ABE

analogous

#BE5E3B #BE9F3B #9CBE3B

triadic

#BE9F3B #3BBE9F #9F3BBE

tetradic

#BE9F3B #3BBE5E #3B5ABE #BE3B9C

square

#BE9F3B #3BBE5E #3B5ABE #BE3B9C

split-complementary

#BE9F3B #3B9CBE #5E3BBE

monochromatic

#61511E #8F782C #BE9F3B #D0B767 #DECD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BE9F3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F3B

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F3B	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)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.122 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb76',
    500: '#be9f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f3b;
$custom-light: #d5bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71205,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F3B

secondary

#8B9ACA

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F3B

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

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