#BEB531#BEB531

#BEB531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.146 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB531
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -11.56, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 64.95, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0387 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.146 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3151, 44.2181, 9.4218)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB531 #313ABE

analogous

#BE6F31 #BEB531 #81BE31

triadic

#BEB531 #31BEB5 #B531BE

tetradic

#BEB531 #31BE6F #313ABE #BE3181

square

#BEB531 #31BE6F #313ABE #BE3181

split-complementary

#BEB531 #3181BE #6F31BE

monochromatic

#5D5818 #8D8724 #BEB531 #D4CC58 #E1DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#BEB531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB531

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB531	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)

#C5AE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.146 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca73',
    500: '#beb531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb531;
$custom-light: #d5ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75788,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB531

secondary

#8085CA

accent

#50E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB531

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

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