#BEB336#BEB336

#BEB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB336
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -10.30, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 62.49, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0346 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0228, 43.4552, 9.8742)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB336 #3641BE

analogous

#BE6F36 #BEB336 #85BE36

triadic

#BEB336 #36BEB3 #B336BE

tetradic

#BEB336 #36BE6F #3641BE #BE3685

square

#BEB336 #36BE6F #3641BE #BE3685

split-complementary

#BEB336 #3685BE #6F36BE

monochromatic

#5F591B #8E8628 #BEB336 #D2C860 #DFD98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BEB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB336

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB336	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)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c975',
    500: '#beb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb336;
$custom-light: #d5c975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75391,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB336

secondary

#868BCA

accent

#55DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB336

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

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