#BEB250#BEB250

#BEB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB250
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, -8.18, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 51.28, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0257 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6049, 43.3686, 13.9253)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB250 #505CBE

analogous

#BE7B50 #BEB250 #93BE50

triadic

#BEB250 #50BEB2 #B250BE

tetradic

#BEB250 #50BE7B #505CBE #BE5093

square

#BEB250 #50BE7B #505CBE #BE5093

split-complementary

#BEB250 #5093BE #7B50BE

monochromatic

#6C6428 #988E39 #BEB250 #CFC67D #DFD9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#BEB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB250

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB250	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c884',
    500: '#beb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb250;
$custom-light: #d4c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75412,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB250

secondary

#9DA2CD

accent

#61D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB250

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

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