#BEB142#BEB142

#BEB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.131 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB142
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -8.61, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 57.06, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0285 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.131 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9422, 42.7863, 11.4132)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB142 #424FBE

analogous

#BE7342 #BEB142 #8DBE42

triadic

#BEB142 #42BEB1 #B142BE

tetradic

#BEB142 #42BE73 #424FBE #BE428D

square

#BEB142 #42BE73 #424FBE #BE428D

split-complementary

#BEB142 #428DBE #7342BE

monochromatic

#635D22 #918732 #BEB142 #CEC470 #DDD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BEB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BEB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB142

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB142	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.131 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87c',
    500: '#beb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb142;
$custom-light: #d5c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75058,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB142

secondary

#9298CA

accent

#5ED84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB142

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

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