#BEB155#BEB155

#BEB155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB155
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -7.27, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 48.57, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0225 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5983, 43.0487, 14.8686)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB155 #5562BE

analogous

#BE7D55 #BEB155 #97BE55

triadic

#BEB155 #55BEB1 #B155BE

tetradic

#BEB155 #55BE7D #5562BE #BE5597

square

#BEB155 #55BE7D #5562BE #BE5597

split-complementary

#BEB155 #5597BE #7D55BE

monochromatic

#6E662A #9B8F3B #BEB155 #CFC581 #E0DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BEB155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB155

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB155	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c888',
    500: '#beb155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb155;
$custom-light: #d4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB155

secondary

#A1A7CE

accent

#63D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB155

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

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