#BEB256#BEB256

#BEB256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB256
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -7.71, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 48.49, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0237 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8366, 43.4612, 15.1454)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB256 #5662BE

analogous

#BE7E56 #BEB256 #96BE56

triadic

#BEB256 #56BEB2 #B256BE

tetradic

#BEB256 #56BE7E #5662BE #BE5696

square

#BEB256 #56BE7E #5662BE #BE5696

split-complementary

#BEB256 #5696BE #7E56BE

monochromatic

#6F672B #9B903C #BEB256 #CFC682 #E0DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BEB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB256

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB256	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)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c888',
    500: '#beb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb256;
$custom-light: #d4c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75482,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB256

secondary

#A2A7CE

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB256

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

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