#BEB536#BEB536

#BEB536 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	#BEB536
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -11.34, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 63.18, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0375 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.143 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4265, 44.2627, 10.0087)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB536 #363FBE

analogous

#BE7136 #BEB536 #83BE36

triadic

#BEB536 #36BEB5 #B536BE

tetradic

#BEB536 #36BE71 #363FBE #BE3683

square

#BEB536 #36BE71 #363FBE #BE3683

split-complementary

#BEB536 #3683BE #7136BE

monochromatic

#5F5A1B #8E8828 #BEB536 #D2CA60 #DFDA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BEB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB536

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB536	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)

#C5AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.143 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca76',
    500: '#beb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb536;
$custom-light: #d5ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75821,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB536

secondary

#868ACA

accent

#53DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB536

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

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