#BEB436#BEB436

#BEB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB436
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -10.82, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 62.83, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0361 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.142 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2239, 43.8575, 9.9412)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB436 #3640BE

analogous

#BE7036 #BEB436 #84BE36

triadic

#BEB436 #36BEB4 #B436BE

tetradic

#BEB436 #36BE70 #3640BE #BE3684

square

#BEB436 #36BE70 #3640BE #BE3684

split-complementary

#BEB436 #3684BE #7036BE

monochromatic

#5F5A1B #8E8728 #BEB436 #D2C960 #DFD98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BEB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB436

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB436	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)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca75',
    500: '#beb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb436;
$custom-light: #d5ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75606,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB436

secondary

#868BCA

accent

#54DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB436

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

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