#BEB442#BEB442

#BEB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB442
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -10.17, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 58.15, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.033 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5413, 43.9844, 11.6129)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB442 #424CBE

analogous

#BE7642 #BEB442 #8ABE42

triadic

#BEB442 #42BEB4 #B442BE

tetradic

#BEB442 #42BE76 #424CBE #BE428A

square

#BEB442 #42BE76 #424CBE #BE428A

split-complementary

#BEB442 #428ABE #7642BE

monochromatic

#635E22 #918932 #BEB442 #CEC670 #DDD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BEB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#BEB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB442

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB442	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7c',
    500: '#beb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb442;
$custom-light: #d5ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75701,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB442

secondary

#9297CA

accent

#5AD84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB442

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

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