#BEB049#BEB049

#BEB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB049
RGB	rgb(190, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -7.64, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 53.68, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.025 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9646, 42.4804, 12.5018)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB049 #4957BE

analogous

#BE7649 #BEB049 #91BE49

triadic

#BEB049 #49BEB0 #B049BE

tetradic

#BEB049 #49BE76 #4957BE #BE4991

square

#BEB049 #49BE76 #4957BE #BE4991

split-complementary

#BEB049 #4991BE #7649BE

monochromatic

#686025 #958935 #BEB049 #CEC476 #DED7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BEB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BEB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB049

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB049	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c780',
    500: '#beb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb049;
$custom-light: #d4c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74911,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB049

secondary

#989ECB

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB049

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →