#BEB33B#BEB33B

#BEB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.138 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB33B
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -10.05, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 60.60, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0334 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.138 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.1463, 43.5046, 10.5247)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB33B #3B46BE

analogous

#BE723B #BEB33B #88BE3B

triadic

#BEB33B #3BBEB3 #B33BBE

tetradic

#BEB33B #3BBE72 #3B46BE #BE3B88

square

#BEB33B #3BBE72 #3B46BE #BE3B88

split-complementary

#BEB33B #3B88BE #723BBE

monochromatic

#615B1E #8F872C #BEB33B #D0C767 #DED895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#BEB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB33B

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB33B	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)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.138 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c978',
    500: '#beb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb33b;
$custom-light: #d5c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75428,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.43503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB33B

secondary

#8B90CA

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB33B

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

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