#BEB259#BEB259

#BEB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.112 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB259
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -7.46, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 47.06, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0226 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.112 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9600, 43.5106, 15.7954)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB259 #5965BE

analogous

#BE7F59 #BEB259 #98BE59

triadic

#BEB259 #59BEB2 #B259BE

tetradic

#BEB259 #59BE7F #5965BE #BE5998

square

#BEB259 #59BE7F #5965BE #BE5998

split-complementary

#BEB259 #5998BE #7F59BE

monochromatic

#71682C #9D913D #BEB259 #CFC685 #E0DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BEB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB259

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB259	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C0AD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.112 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c88a',
    500: '#beb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb259;
$custom-light: #d4c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB259

secondary

#A4A9CF

accent

#63D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB259

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

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