#BEB138#BEB138

#BEB138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB138
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -9.17, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 61.05, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0312 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6728, 42.6785, 9.9940)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB138 #3845BE

analogous

#BE6E38 #BEB138 #88BE38

triadic

#BEB138 #38BEB1 #B138BE

tetradic

#BEB138 #38BE6E #3845BE #BE3888

square

#BEB138 #38BE6E #3845BE #BE3888

split-complementary

#BEB138 #3888BE #6E38BE

monochromatic

#5F591C #8F852A #BEB138 #D1C662 #DFD792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BEB138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#BEB138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB138

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB138	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c876',
    500: '#beb138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb138;
$custom-light: #d5c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB138

secondary

#888ECA

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB138

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

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