#BEB437#BEB437

#BEB437 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB437
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -10.77, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 62.47, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0358 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2476, 43.8670, 10.0662)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB437 #3741BE

analogous

#BE7137 #BEB437 #84BE37

triadic

#BEB437 #37BEB4 #B437BE

tetradic

#BEB437 #37BE71 #3741BE #BE3784

square

#BEB437 #37BE71 #3741BE #BE3784

split-complementary

#BEB437 #3784BE #7137BE

monochromatic

#5F5A1C #8F8729 #BEB437 #D1C961 #DFD990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BEB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB437

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB437	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)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca76',
    500: '#beb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb437;
$custom-light: #d5ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB437

secondary

#878CCA

accent

#54DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB437

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

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