#BEB431#BEB431

#BEB431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.145 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB431
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -11.05, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 64.60, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0372 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.145 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1125, 43.8129, 9.3543)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB431 #313BBE

analogous

#BE6E31 #BEB431 #81BE31

triadic

#BEB431 #31BEB4 #B431BE

tetradic

#BEB431 #31BE6E #313BBE #BE3181

square

#BEB431 #31BE6E #313BBE #BE3181

split-complementary

#BEB431 #3181BE #6E31BE

monochromatic

#5D5818 #8D8624 #BEB431 #D4CB58 #E1DA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BEB431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB431

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB431	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)

#C4AE17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.145 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca73',
    500: '#beb431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb431;
$custom-light: #d5ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB431

secondary

#8086CA

accent

#51E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB431

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

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