#BEB533#BEB533

#BEB533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.145 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB533
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -11.48, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 64.25, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0382 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.145 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3582, 44.2354, 9.6491)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB533 #333CBE

analogous

#BE7033 #BEB533 #82BE33

triadic

#BEB533 #33BEB5 #B533BE

tetradic

#BEB533 #33BE70 #333CBE #BE3382

square

#BEB533 #33BE70 #333CBE #BE3382

split-complementary

#BEB533 #3382BE #7033BE

monochromatic

#5E5919 #8E8726 #BEB533 #D3CB5B #E0DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BEB533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB533

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB533	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.145 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca74',
    500: '#beb533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb533;
$custom-light: #d5ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75801,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB533

secondary

#8387CA

accent

#51E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB533

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

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