#BEB36D#BEB36D

#BEB36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.092 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB36D
RGB	rgb(190, 179, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -6.08, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 37.58, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0166 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.092 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1165, 44.2927, 20.9012)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB36D #6D78BE

analogous

#BE8A6D #BEB36D #A0BE6D

triadic

#BEB36D #6DBEB3 #B36DBE

tetradic

#BEB36D #6DBE8A #6D78BE #BE6DA0

square

#BEB36D #6DBE8A #6D78BE #BE6DA0

split-complementary

#BEB36D #6DA0BE #8A6DBE

monochromatic

#7A7136 #A59849 #BEB36D #D1C997 #E4DFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BEB36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB36D

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB36D	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAF68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 179, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.092 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c998',
    500: '#beb36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb36d;
$custom-light: #d3c998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.852,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76017,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB36D

secondary

#B3B8D3

accent

#69CE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB36D

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

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