#BEB059#BEB059

#BEB059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB059
RGB	rgb(190, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, -6.41, 45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 46.28, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0196 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5650, 42.7205, 15.6637)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB059 #5967BE

analogous

#BE7E59 #BEB059 #9ABE59

triadic

#BEB059 #59BEB0 #B059BE

tetradic

#BEB059 #59BE7E #5967BE #BE599A

square

#BEB059 #59BE7E #5967BE #BE599A

split-complementary

#BEB059 #599ABE #7E59BE

monochromatic

#71672C #9D8F3D #BEB059 #CFC585 #E0DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BEB059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BEB059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB059

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB059	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c78a',
    500: '#beb059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb059;
$custom-light: #d4c78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75094,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB059

secondary

#A4AACF

accent

#66D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB059

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

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