#BEB037#BEB037

#BEB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB037
RGB	rgb(190, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -8.70, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 61.09, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.03 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4518, 42.2752, 9.8009)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB037 #3745BE

analogous

#BE6D37 #BEB037 #88BE37

triadic

#BEB037 #37BEB0 #B037BE

tetradic

#BEB037 #37BE6D #3745BE #BE3788

square

#BEB037 #37BE6D #3745BE #BE3788

split-complementary

#BEB037 #3788BE #6D37BE

monochromatic

#5F581C #8F8429 #BEB037 #D1C661 #DFD790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BEB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB037

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB037	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA498

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c776',
    500: '#beb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb037;
$custom-light: #d5c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74755,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB037

secondary

#878ECA

accent

#59DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB037

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

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