#BEB255#BEB255

#BEB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB255
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -7.79, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 48.96, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.024 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(38.7966, 43.4452, 14.9347)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB255 #5561BE

analogous

#BE7E55 #BEB255 #96BE55

triadic

#BEB255 #55BEB2 #B255BE

tetradic

#BEB255 #55BE7E #5561BE #BE5596

square

#BEB255 #55BE7E #5561BE #BE5596

split-complementary

#BEB255 #5596BE #7E55BE

monochromatic

#6E672A #9B903B #BEB255 #CFC681 #E0DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BEB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB255

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB255	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c888',
    500: '#beb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb255;
$custom-light: #d4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7547,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.43444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB255

secondary

#A1A6CE

accent

#62D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB255

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

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