#BEB253#BEB253

#BEB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.117 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB253
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -7.95, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 49.89, 99.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0247 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.117 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7182, 43.4139, 14.5222)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB253 #535FBE

analogous

#BE7C53 #BEB253 #94BE53

triadic

#BEB253 #53BEB2 #B253BE

tetradic

#BEB253 #53BE7C #535FBE #BE5394

square

#BEB253 #53BE7C #535FBE #BE5394

split-complementary

#BEB253 #5394BE #7C53BE

monochromatic

#6D6629 #9A8F3A #BEB253 #CFC67F #E0DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BEB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB253

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB253	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)

#C0AD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.117 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c886',
    500: '#beb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb253;
$custom-light: #d4c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75446,
    "c": 0.11731,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB253

secondary

#9FA5CD

accent

#62D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB253

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

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