#BEB240#BEB240

#BEB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB240
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -9.25, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 58.25, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0306 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.133 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0825, 43.1596, 11.1741)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB240 #404CBE

analogous

#BE7340 #BEB240 #8BBE40

triadic

#BEB240 #40BEB2 #B240BE

tetradic

#BEB240 #40BE73 #404CBE #BE408B

square

#BEB240 #40BE73 #404CBE #BE408B

split-complementary

#BEB240 #408BBE #7340BE

monochromatic

#625C21 #908731 #BEB240 #CEC56D #DDD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BEB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB240

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB240	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)

#C2AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87b',
    500: '#beb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb240;
$custom-light: #d5c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75254,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB240

secondary

#9096C9

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB240

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

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