#BEB459#BEB459

#BEB459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB459
RGB	rgb(190, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -8.51, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 47.86, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0256 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.114 103)
XYZ	xyz(39.3608, 44.3123, 15.9290)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB459 #5963BE

analogous

#BE8159 #BEB459 #96BE59

triadic

#BEB459 #59BEB4 #B459BE

tetradic

#BEB459 #59BE81 #5963BE #BE5996

square

#BEB459 #59BE81 #5963BE #BE5996

split-complementary

#BEB459 #5996BE #8159BE

monochromatic

#716A2C #9D933D #BEB459 #CFC885 #E0DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BEB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB459

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB459	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca8a',
    500: '#beb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb459;
$custom-light: #d4ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.11359,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.44311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB459

secondary

#A4A8CF

accent

#61D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB459

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

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