#BEB535#BEB535

#BEB535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.143 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB535
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -11.38, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 63.55, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.0378 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4033, 44.2534, 9.8863)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB535 #353EBE

analogous

#BE7035 #BEB535 #83BE35

triadic

#BEB535 #35BEB5 #B535BE

tetradic

#BEB535 #35BE70 #353EBE #BE3583

square

#BEB535 #35BE70 #353EBE #BE3583

split-complementary

#BEB535 #3583BE #7035BE

monochromatic

#5E5A1A #8E8728 #BEB535 #D2CA5E #DFDA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BEB535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB535

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB535	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)

#C5AE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca75',
    500: '#beb535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb535;
$custom-light: #d5ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75814,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB535

secondary

#8589CA

accent

#52E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB535

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

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