#BEB238#BEB238

#BEB238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB238
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -9.69, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 61.40, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0327 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8710, 43.0750, 10.0601)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB238 #3844BE

analogous

#BE6F38 #BEB238 #87BE38

triadic

#BEB238 #38BEB2 #B238BE

tetradic

#BEB238 #38BE6F #3844BE #BE3887

square

#BEB238 #38BE6F #3844BE #BE3887

split-complementary

#BEB238 #3887BE #6F38BE

monochromatic

#5F591C #8F862A #BEB238 #D1C762 #DFD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#BEB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB238

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB238	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c876',
    500: '#beb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb238;
$custom-light: #d5c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75191,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB238

secondary

#888ECA

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB238

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

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