#BEB23B#BEB23B

#BEB23B 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	#BEB23B
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -9.53, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 60.25, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0319 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.137 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9466, 43.1052, 10.4581)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB23B #3B47BE

analogous

#BE713B #BEB23B #89BE3B

triadic

#BEB23B #3BBEB2 #B23BBE

tetradic

#BEB23B #3BBE71 #3B47BE #BE3B89

square

#BEB23B #3BBE71 #3B47BE #BE3B89

split-complementary

#BEB23B #3B89BE #713BBE

monochromatic

#615B1E #8F862C #BEB23B #D0C667 #DED795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BEB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB23B

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB23B	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)

#C2AC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.137 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c878',
    500: '#beb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb23b;
$custom-light: #d5c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB23B

secondary

#8B91CA

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB23B

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

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