#BEB239#BEB239

#BEB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.138 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB239
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -9.64, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 61.02, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0324 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.138 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8957, 43.0849, 10.1902)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB239 #3945BE

analogous

#BE6F39 #BEB239 #87BE39

triadic

#BEB239 #39BEB2 #B239BE

tetradic

#BEB239 #39BE6F #3945BE #BE3987

square

#BEB239 #39BE6F #3945BE #BE3987

split-complementary

#BEB239 #3987BE #6F39BE

monochromatic

#605A1D #8F862B #BEB239 #D0C764 #DFD893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BEB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB239

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB239	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.138 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c877',
    500: '#beb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb239;
$custom-light: #d5c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75198,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB239

secondary

#898FCA

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB239

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

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