#BEB149#BEB149

#BEB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB149
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -8.16, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 54.05, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0265 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1614, 42.8740, 12.5674)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB149 #4956BE

analogous

#BE7749 #BEB149 #91BE49

triadic

#BEB149 #49BEB1 #B149BE

tetradic

#BEB149 #49BE77 #4956BE #BE4991

square

#BEB149 #49BE77 #4956BE #BE4991

split-complementary

#BEB149 #4991BE #7749BE

monochromatic

#686025 #958A35 #BEB149 #CEC476 #DED8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BEB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB149

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB149	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c880',
    500: '#beb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb149;
$custom-light: #d4c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75125,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB149

secondary

#989DCB

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB149

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

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