#BEB257#BEB257

#BEB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB257
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -7.63, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 48.01, 99.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0233 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.114 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8771, 43.4774, 15.3591)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB257 #5763BE

analogous

#BE7F57 #BEB257 #97BE57

triadic

#BEB257 #57BEB2 #B257BE

tetradic

#BEB257 #57BE7F #5763BE #BE5797

square

#BEB257 #57BE7F #5763BE #BE5797

split-complementary

#BEB257 #5797BE #7F57BE

monochromatic

#6F682B #9C903C #BEB257 #CFC683 #E0DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BEB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB257

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB257	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c889',
    500: '#beb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb257;
$custom-light: #d4c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75494,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB257

secondary

#A3A8CE

accent

#63D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB257

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

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