#BEB249#BEB249

#BEB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB249
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -8.68, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 54.42, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.028 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3596, 43.2704, 12.6335)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB249 #4955BE

analogous

#BE7849 #BEB249 #90BE49

triadic

#BEB249 #49BEB2 #B249BE

tetradic

#BEB249 #49BE78 #4955BE #BE4990

square

#BEB249 #49BE78 #4955BE #BE4990

split-complementary

#BEB249 #4990BE #7849BE

monochromatic

#686125 #958B35 #BEB249 #CEC576 #DED8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#BEB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#BEB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB249

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB249	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c880',
    500: '#beb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb249;
$custom-light: #d4c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75338,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB249

secondary

#989DCB

accent

#5FD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB249

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

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