#BEB357#BEB357

#BEB357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB357
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -8.15, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 48.41, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0248 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.115 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0768, 43.8768, 15.4257)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB357 #5762BE

analogous

#BE8057 #BEB357 #96BE57

triadic

#BEB357 #57BEB3 #B357BE

tetradic

#BEB357 #57BE80 #5762BE #BE5796

square

#BEB357 #57BE80 #5762BE #BE5796

split-complementary

#BEB357 #5796BE #8057BE

monochromatic

#6F682B #9C913C #BEB357 #CFC783 #E0DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BEB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB357

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB357	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c989',
    500: '#beb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb357;
$custom-light: #d4c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.592,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75707,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB357

secondary

#A3A7CE

accent

#62D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB357

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

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