#BEB449#BEB449

#BEB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB449
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -9.72, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 55.17, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0309 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(38.7605, 44.0721, 12.7671)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB449 #4953BE

analogous

#BE7A49 #BEB449 #8EBE49

triadic

#BEB449 #49BEB4 #B449BE

tetradic

#BEB449 #49BE7A #4953BE #BE498E

square

#BEB449 #49BE7A #4953BE #BE498E

split-complementary

#BEB449 #498EBE #7A49BE

monochromatic

#686225 #958D35 #BEB449 #CEC776 #DED9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BEB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#BEB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB449

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB449	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#beb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb449;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB449

secondary

#989CCB

accent

#5CD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB449

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

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