#BEB251#BEB251

#BEB251 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB251
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -8.10, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 50.82, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0254 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.119 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6421, 43.3834, 14.1213)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB251 #515DBE

analogous

#BE7B51 #BEB251 #94BE51

triadic

#BEB251 #51BEB2 #B251BE

tetradic

#BEB251 #51BE7B #515DBE #BE5194

square

#BEB251 #51BE7B #515DBE #BE5194

split-complementary

#BEB251 #5194BE #7B51BE

monochromatic

#6C6528 #998E39 #BEB251 #CFC67E #DFD9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BEB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB251

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB251	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c885',
    500: '#beb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb251;
$custom-light: #d4c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.394,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75423,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB251

secondary

#9EA3CD

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB251

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

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