#BEB137#BEB137

#BEB137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB137
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -9.22, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.43, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0315 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6485, 42.6688, 9.8665)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB137 #3744BE

analogous

#BE6D37 #BEB137 #87BE37

triadic

#BEB137 #37BEB1 #B137BE

tetradic

#BEB137 #37BE6D #3744BE #BE3787

square

#BEB137 #37BE6D #3744BE #BE3787

split-complementary

#BEB137 #3787BE #6D37BE

monochromatic

#5F591C #8F8529 #BEB137 #D1C661 #DFD790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BEB137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BEB137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB137

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB137	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c876',
    500: '#beb137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb137;
$custom-light: #d5c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74969,
    "c": 0.13851,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB137

secondary

#878DCA

accent

#58DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB137

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

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