#BEB342#BEB342

#BEB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB342
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -9.65, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 57.78, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0315 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3402, 43.5822, 11.5458)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB342 #424DBE

analogous

#BE7542 #BEB342 #8BBE42

triadic

#BEB342 #42BEB3 #B342BE

tetradic

#BEB342 #42BE75 #424DBE #BE428B

square

#BEB342 #42BE75 #424DBE #BE428B

split-complementary

#BEB342 #428BBE #7542BE

monochromatic

#635E22 #918932 #BEB342 #CEC570 #DDD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BEB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#BEB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB342

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB342	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c97c',
    500: '#beb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb342;
$custom-light: #d5c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75486,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB342

secondary

#9297CA

accent

#5CD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB342

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

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