#BEB338#BEB338

#BEB338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.140 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB338
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -10.20, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 61.74, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.0341 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.14 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0707, 43.4744, 10.1266)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB338 #3843BE

analogous

#BE7038 #BEB338 #86BE38

triadic

#BEB338 #38BEB3 #B338BE

tetradic

#BEB338 #38BE70 #3843BE #BE3886

square

#BEB338 #38BE70 #3843BE #BE3886

split-complementary

#BEB338 #3886BE #7038BE

monochromatic

#5F5A1C #8F862A #BEB338 #D1C862 #DFD892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BEB338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#BEB338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB338

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB338	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)

#C3AD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.140 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c976',
    500: '#beb338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb338;
$custom-light: #d5c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75405,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB338

secondary

#888DCA

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB338

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

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