#BEB040#BEB040

#BEB040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB040
RGB	rgb(190, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -8.21, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 57.54, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0276 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6875, 42.3695, 11.0425)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB040 #404EBE

analogous

#BE7140 #BEB040 #8DBE40

triadic

#BEB040 #40BEB0 #B040BE

tetradic

#BEB040 #40BE71 #404EBE #BE408D

square

#BEB040 #40BE71 #404EBE #BE408D

split-complementary

#BEB040 #408DBE #7140BE

monochromatic

#625B21 #908631 #BEB040 #CEC36D #DDD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BEB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB040

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB040	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c77b',
    500: '#beb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb040;
$custom-light: #d5c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74827,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB040

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#5ED94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB040

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

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