#BEB151#BEB151

#BEB151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB151
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -7.58, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 50.44, 98.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0239 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4439, 42.9870, 14.0553)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB151 #515EBE

analogous

#BE7A51 #BEB151 #94BE51

triadic

#BEB151 #51BEB1 #B151BE

tetradic

#BEB151 #51BE7A #515EBE #BE5194

square

#BEB151 #51BE7A #515EBE #BE5194

split-complementary

#BEB151 #5194BE #7A51BE

monochromatic

#6C6428 #998D39 #BEB151 #CFC57E #DFD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BEB151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB151

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB151	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c885',
    500: '#beb151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb151;
$custom-light: #d4c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB151

secondary

#9EA4CD

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB151

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

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