#BEB23C#BEB23C

#BEB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB23C
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -9.48, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 59.85, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0317 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.136 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9728, 43.1157, 10.5960)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB23C #3C48BE

analogous

#BE713C #BEB23C #89BE3C

triadic

#BEB23C #3CBEB2 #B23CBE

tetradic

#BEB23C #3CBE71 #3C48BE #BE3C89

square

#BEB23C #3CBE71 #3C48BE #BE3C89

split-complementary

#BEB23C #3C89BE #713CBE

monochromatic

#615B1F #8F862D #BEB23C #CFC668 #DED796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#BEB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB23C

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB23C	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)

#C2AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c879',
    500: '#beb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb23c;
$custom-light: #d5c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75221,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB23C

secondary

#8C92CA

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB23C

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

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