#BEB331#BEB331

#BEB331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB331
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -10.53, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 64.27, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0358 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.144 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9113, 43.4106, 9.2873)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB331 #313CBE

analogous

#BE6D31 #BEB331 #83BE31

triadic

#BEB331 #31BEB3 #B331BE

tetradic

#BEB331 #31BE6D #313CBE #BE3183

square

#BEB331 #31BE6D #313CBE #BE3183

split-complementary

#BEB331 #3183BE #6D31BE

monochromatic

#5D5718 #8D8524 #BEB331 #D4CA58 #E1DA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BEB331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB331

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB331	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c973',
    500: '#beb331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb331;
$custom-light: #d5c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75357,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB331

secondary

#8086CA

accent

#52E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB331

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

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