#BE9F3E#BE9F3E

#BE9F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F3E
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 0.69, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 53.06, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0024 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.12 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5046, 36.0932, 9.7058)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F3E #3E5DBE

analogous

#BE5F3E #BE9F3E #9DBE3E

triadic

#BE9F3E #3EBE9F #9F3EBE

tetradic

#BE9F3E #3EBE5F #3E5DBE #BE3E9D

square

#BE9F3E #3EBE5F #3E5DBE #BE3E9D

split-complementary

#BE9F3E #3E9DBE #5F3EBE

monochromatic

#625220 #90782F #BE9F3E #CFB66B #DECD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BE9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BE9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F3E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F3E	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)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb78',
    500: '#be9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f3e;
$custom-light: #d5bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F3E

secondary

#8E9DC9

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F3E

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

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