#BEB43B#BEB43B

#BEB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB43B
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -10.57, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 60.95, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0349 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.139 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3474, 43.9069, 10.5917)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB43B #3B45BE

analogous

#BE733B #BEB43B #87BE3B

triadic

#BEB43B #3BBEB4 #B43BBE

tetradic

#BEB43B #3BBE73 #3B45BE #BE3B87

square

#BEB43B #3BBE73 #3B45BE #BE3B87

split-complementary

#BEB43B #3B87BE #733BBE

monochromatic

#615C1E #8F882C #BEB43B #D0C867 #DED995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BEB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BEB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB43B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB43B	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca78',
    500: '#beb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb43b;
$custom-light: #d5ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75643,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB43B

secondary

#8B90CA

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB43B

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

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