#BEB159#BEB159

#BEB159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.111 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB159
RGB	rgb(190, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -6.94, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 46.67, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0211 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.111 101)
XYZ	xyz(38.7617, 43.1141, 15.7293)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB159 #5966BE

analogous

#BE7E59 #BEB159 #99BE59

triadic

#BEB159 #59BEB1 #B159BE

tetradic

#BEB159 #59BE7E #5966BE #BE5999

square

#BEB159 #59BE7E #5966BE #BE5999

split-complementary

#BEB159 #5999BE #7E59BE

monochromatic

#71682C #9D903D #BEB159 #CFC685 #E0DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BEB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB159

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB159	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.111 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88a',
    500: '#beb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb159;
$custom-light: #d4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75306,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB159

secondary

#A4AACF

accent

#65D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB159

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

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