#BEB233#BEB233

#BEB233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.142 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB233
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -9.93, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 63.23, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0339 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.142 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7548, 43.0285, 9.4479)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB233 #333FBE

analogous

#BE6C33 #BEB233 #85BE33

triadic

#BEB233 #33BEB2 #B233BE

tetradic

#BEB233 #33BE6C #333FBE #BE3385

square

#BEB233 #33BE6C #333FBE #BE3385

split-complementary

#BEB233 #3385BE #6C33BE

monochromatic

#5E5819 #8E8526 #BEB233 #D3C95B #E0D98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BEB233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB233

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB233	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)

#C2AC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.142 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c874',
    500: '#beb233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb233;
$custom-light: #d5c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75155,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB233

secondary

#8389CA

accent

#54E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB233

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

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