#BEB261#BEB261

#BEB261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.104 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB261
RGB	rgb(190, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -6.75, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 43.17, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0197 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.104 101)
XYZ	xyz(39.3144, 43.6523, 17.6618)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB261 #616DBE

analogous

#BE8461 #BEB261 #9CBE61

triadic

#BEB261 #61BEB2 #B261BE

tetradic

#BEB261 #61BE84 #616DBE #BE619C

square

#BEB261 #61BE84 #616DBE #BE619C

split-complementary

#BEB261 #619CBE #8461BE

monochromatic

#756C30 #A09442 #BEB261 #D0C78C #E2DCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BEB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB261

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB261	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.104 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c890',
    500: '#beb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb261;
$custom-light: #d3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75625,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.43651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB261

secondary

#AAAFD1

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB261

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

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