#BEB042#BEB042

#BEB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB042
RGB	rgb(190, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -8.09, 56.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 56.70, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% -0.0271 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.7454, 42.3927, 11.3476)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB042 #4250BE

analogous

#BE7242 #BEB042 #8EBE42

triadic

#BEB042 #42BEB0 #B042BE

tetradic

#BEB042 #42BE72 #4250BE #BE428E

square

#BEB042 #42BE72 #4250BE #BE428E

split-complementary

#BEB042 #428EBE #7242BE

monochromatic

#635C22 #918632 #BEB042 #CEC370 #DDD69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BEB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#BEB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB042

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB042	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c77c',
    500: '#beb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb042;
$custom-light: #d5c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74844,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.42391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB042

secondary

#9298CA

accent

#5FD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB042

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

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