#BEB235#BEB235

#BEB235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB235
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, -9.83, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 62.51, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0334 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7998, 43.0465, 9.6852)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB235 #3541BE

analogous

#BE6E35 #BEB235 #85BE35

triadic

#BEB235 #35BEB2 #B235BE

tetradic

#BEB235 #35BE6E #3541BE #BE3585

square

#BEB235 #35BE6E #3541BE #BE3585

split-complementary

#BEB235 #3585BE #6E35BE

monochromatic

#5E581A #8E8528 #BEB235 #D2C85E #DFD88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BEB235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BEB235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB235

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB235	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)

#C2AC1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c875',
    500: '#beb235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb235;
$custom-light: #d5c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB235

secondary

#858BCA

accent

#55E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB235

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

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