#BE9F40#BE9F40

#BE9F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.118 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE9F40
RGB	rgb(190, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 0.81, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 52.20, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.0018 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.118 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5605, 36.1156, 10.0001)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE9F40 #405FBE

analogous

#BE6040 #BE9F40 #9EBE40

triadic

#BE9F40 #40BE9F #9F40BE

tetradic

#BE9F40 #40BE60 #405FBE #BE409E

square

#BE9F40 #40BE60 #405FBE #BE409E

split-complementary

#BE9F40 #409EBE #6040BE

monochromatic

#625221 #907931 #BE9F40 #CEB66D #DDCD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BE9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BE9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE9F40

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE9F40	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.118 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb79',
    500: '#be9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be9f40;
$custom-light: #d5bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71251,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE9F40

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE9F40

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

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