#BE9F3F#BE9F3F

#BE9F3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F3F
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 66.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 0.75, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 52.63, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0021 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.5323, 36.1043, 9.8516)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F3F #3F5EBE

analogous

#BE5F3F #BE9F3F #9EBE3F

triadic

#BE9F3F #3FBE9F #9F3FBE

tetradic

#BE9F3F #3FBE5F #3F5EBE #BE3F9E

square

#BE9F3F #3FBE5F #3F5EBE #BE3F9E

split-complementary

#BE9F3F #3F9EBE #5F3FBE

monochromatic

#625221 #907930 #BE9F3F #CEB66C #DDCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BE9F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BE9F3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F3F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F3F	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B09D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb79',
    500: '#be9f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f3f;
$custom-light: #d5bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 50.198,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71241,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.36102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F3F

secondary

#8F9EC9

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F3F

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

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