#BEB451#BEB451

#BEB451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB451
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.35, -9.15, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.35, 51.59, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0284 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0430, 44.1851, 14.2550)
Luminance	0.4418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB451 #515BBE

analogous

#BE7D51 #BEB451 #92BE51

triadic

#BEB451 #51BEB4 #B451BE

tetradic

#BEB451 #51BE7D #515BBE #BE5192

square

#BEB451 #51BE7D #515BBE #BE5192

split-complementary

#BEB451 #5192BE #7D51BE

monochromatic

#6C6628 #999039 #BEB451 #CFC77E #DFDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BEB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB451

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB451	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca85',
    500: '#beb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb451;
$custom-light: #d4ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB451

secondary

#9EA2CD

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB451

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

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