#BEB241#BEB241

#BEB241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB241
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 65)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -9.19, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 57.83, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0303 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1112, 43.1711, 11.3253)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB241 #414DBE

analogous

#BE7341 #BEB241 #8CBE41

triadic

#BEB241 #41BEB2 #B241BE

tetradic

#BEB241 #41BE73 #414DBE #BE418C

square

#BEB241 #41BE73 #414DBE #BE418C

split-complementary

#BEB241 #418CBE #7341BE

monochromatic

#635D22 #908731 #BEB241 #CEC46F #DDD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#BEB241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB241

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB241	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)

#C1AC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c87b',
    500: '#beb241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb241;
$custom-light: #d5c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB241

secondary

#9197C9

accent

#5CD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB241

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

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