#BEB438#BEB438

#BEB438 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	#BEB438
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -10.72, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 62.09, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0356 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.141 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2718, 43.8767, 10.1937)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB438 #3842BE

analogous

#BE7138 #BEB438 #85BE38

triadic

#BEB438 #38BEB4 #B438BE

tetradic

#BEB438 #38BE71 #3842BE #BE3885

square

#BEB438 #38BE71 #3842BE #BE3885

split-complementary

#BEB438 #3885BE #7138BE

monochromatic

#5F5A1C #8F872A #BEB438 #D1C962 #DFD992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#BEB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB438

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB438	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)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca77',
    500: '#beb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb438;
$custom-light: #d5ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7562,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB438

secondary

#888DCA

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB438

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

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