#BEB140#BEB140

#BEB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB140
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -8.73, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 57.89, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0291 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8843, 42.7631, 11.1081)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB140 #404DBE

analogous

#BE7240 #BEB140 #8CBE40

triadic

#BEB140 #40BEB1 #B140BE

tetradic

#BEB140 #40BE72 #404DBE #BE408C

square

#BEB140 #40BE72 #404DBE #BE408C

split-complementary

#BEB140 #408CBE #7240BE

monochromatic

#625C21 #908631 #BEB140 #CEC46D #DDD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BEB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BEB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB140

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB140	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87b',
    500: '#beb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb140;
$custom-light: #d5c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7504,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB140

secondary

#9096C9

accent

#5DD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB140

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

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