#BEB23E#BEB23E

#BEB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB23E
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -9.36, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 59.06, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0311 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0266, 43.1372, 10.8798)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB23E #3E4ABE

analogous

#BE723E #BEB23E #8ABE3E

triadic

#BEB23E #3EBEB2 #B23EBE

tetradic

#BEB23E #3EBE72 #3E4ABE #BE3E8A

square

#BEB23E #3EBE72 #3E4ABE #BE3E8A

split-complementary

#BEB23E #3E8ABE #723EBE

monochromatic

#625C20 #90872F #BEB23E #CFC56B #DED799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BEB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB23E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB23E	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87a',
    500: '#beb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb23e;
$custom-light: #d5c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB23E

secondary

#8E94C9

accent

#5BDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB23E

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

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