#BEB340#BEB340

#BEB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.134 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB340
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -9.77, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 58.61, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0321 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.134 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2822, 43.5590, 11.2407)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB340 #404BBE

analogous

#BE7440 #BEB340 #8ABE40

triadic

#BEB340 #40BEB3 #B340BE

tetradic

#BEB340 #40BE74 #404BBE #BE408A

square

#BEB340 #40BE74 #404BBE #BE408A

split-complementary

#BEB340 #408ABE #7440BE

monochromatic

#625D21 #908831 #BEB340 #CEC56D #DDD89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#BEB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB340

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB340	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.134 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c97b',
    500: '#beb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb340;
$custom-light: #d5c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75469,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB340

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5BD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB340

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

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