#BEB230#BEB230

#BEB230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB230
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 74.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.56, -10.06, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.56, 64.28, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0345 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6908, 43.0029, 9.1108)
Luminance	0.4300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB230 #303CBE

analogous

#BE6B30 #BEB230 #83BE30

triadic

#BEB230 #30BEB2 #B230BE

tetradic

#BEB230 #30BE6B #303CBE #BE3083

square

#BEB230 #30BE6B #303CBE #BE3083

split-complementary

#BEB230 #3083BE #6B30BE

monochromatic

#5C5617 #8D8424 #BEB230 #D4CA57 #E1D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BEB230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB230

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB230	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)

#C2AC15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c872',
    500: '#beb230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb230;
$custom-light: #d5c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75136,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB230

secondary

#7F86CB

accent

#52E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB230

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

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