#BEB440#BEB440

#BEB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.135 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB440
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -10.29, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 58.97, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0335 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.135 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4834, 43.9613, 11.3077)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB440 #404ABE

analogous

#BE7540 #BEB440 #89BE40

triadic

#BEB440 #40BEB4 #B440BE

tetradic

#BEB440 #40BE75 #404ABE #BE4089

square

#BEB440 #40BE75 #404ABE #BE4089

split-complementary

#BEB440 #4089BE #7540BE

monochromatic

#625D21 #908931 #BEB440 #CEC66D #DDD89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BEB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#BEB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB440

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB440	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.135 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7b',
    500: '#beb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb440;
$custom-light: #d5ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75683,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB440

secondary

#9095C9

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB440

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

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