#BE9F3D#BE9F3D

#BE9F3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.121 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F3D
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 0.63, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 53.49, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0027 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.121 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4774, 36.0823, 9.5626)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F3D #3D5CBE

analogous

#BE5F3D #BE9F3D #9DBE3D

triadic

#BE9F3D #3DBE9F #9F3DBE

tetradic

#BE9F3D #3DBE5F #3D5CBE #BE3D9D

square

#BE9F3D #3DBE5F #3D5CBE #BE3D9D

split-complementary

#BE9F3D #3D9DBE #5F3DBE

monochromatic

#61511F #90782E #BE9F3D #CFB669 #DECD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BE9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F3D

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F3D	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.121 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb77',
    500: '#be9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f3d;
$custom-light: #d5bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 51.394,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71223,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F3D

secondary

#8D9CC9

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F3D

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

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