#BEB44B#BEB44B

#BEB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB44B
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -9.58, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 54.30, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0303 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8278, 44.0991, 13.1219)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB44B #4B55BE

analogous

#BE7B4B #BEB44B #8EBE4B

triadic

#BEB44B #4BBEB4 #B44BBE

tetradic

#BEB44B #4BBE7B #4B55BE #BE4B8E

square

#BEB44B #4BBE7B #4B55BE #BE4B8E

split-complementary

#BEB44B #4B8EBE #7B4BBE

monochromatic

#696326 #968D36 #BEB44B #CEC778 #DED9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BEB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BEB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB44B

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB44B	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca81',
    500: '#beb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb44b;
$custom-light: #d4ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB44B

secondary

#999ECC

accent

#5DD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB44B

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

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