#BEB237#BEB237

#BEB237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB237
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -9.74, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 61.77, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0329 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.139 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8468, 43.0653, 9.9326)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB237 #3743BE

analogous

#BE6F37 #BEB237 #86BE37

triadic

#BEB237 #37BEB2 #B237BE

tetradic

#BEB237 #37BE6F #3743BE #BE3786

square

#BEB237 #37BE6F #3743BE #BE3786

split-complementary

#BEB237 #3786BE #6F37BE

monochromatic

#5F591C #8F8629 #BEB237 #D1C761 #DFD890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BEB237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB237

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB237	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c876',
    500: '#beb237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb237;
$custom-light: #d5c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.1394,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB237

secondary

#878DCA

accent

#57DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB237

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

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