#BEB42E#BEB42E

#BEB42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB42E
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -11.18, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 65.61, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0379 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.147 105)
XYZ	xyz(38.0512, 43.7884, 9.0319)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB42E #2E38BE

analogous

#BE6C2E #BEB42E #80BE2E

triadic

#BEB42E #2EBEB4 #B42EBE

tetradic

#BEB42E #2EBE6C #2E38BE #BE2E80

square

#BEB42E #2EBE6C #2E38BE #BE2E80

split-complementary

#BEB42E #2E80BE #6C2EBE

monochromatic

#5B5716 #8D8522 #BEB42E #D6CD54 #E1DB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BEB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB42E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB42E	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca71',
    500: '#beb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb42e;
$custom-light: #d5ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB42E

secondary

#7D82CB

accent

#4FE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB42E

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

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