#BEB23A#BEB23A

#BEB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.137 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB23A
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -9.58, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 60.63, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0322 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9209, 43.0949, 10.3228)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB23A #3A46BE

analogous

#BE703A #BEB23A #88BE3A

triadic

#BEB23A #3ABEB2 #B23ABE

tetradic

#BEB23A #3ABE70 #3A46BE #BE3A88

square

#BEB23A #3ABE70 #3A46BE #BE3A88

split-complementary

#BEB23A #3A88BE #703ABE

monochromatic

#605A1D #8F862C #BEB23A #D0C665 #DED894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BEB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB23A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB23A	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)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c877',
    500: '#beb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb23a;
$custom-light: #d5c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75206,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB23A

secondary

#8A90CA

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB23A

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

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