#BEB252#BEB252

#BEB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB252
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -8.03, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 50.36, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0251 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.118 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6799, 43.3985, 14.3203)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB252 #525EBE

analogous

#BE7C52 #BEB252 #94BE52

triadic

#BEB252 #52BEB2 #B252BE

tetradic

#BEB252 #52BE7C #525EBE #BE5294

square

#BEB252 #52BE7C #525EBE #BE5294

split-complementary

#BEB252 #5294BE #7C52BE

monochromatic

#6D6529 #998F3A #BEB252 #CFC67E #DFDAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BEB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB252

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB252	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)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c886',
    500: '#beb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb252;
$custom-light: #d4c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75435,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB252

secondary

#9FA4CD

accent

#61D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB252

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

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