#BEB537#BEB537

#BEB537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.142 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB537
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -11.29, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 62.82, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0373 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.142 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4502, 44.2722, 10.1337)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB537 #3740BE

analogous

#BE7137 #BEB537 #83BE37

triadic

#BEB537 #37BEB5 #B537BE

tetradic

#BEB537 #37BE71 #3740BE #BE3783

square

#BEB537 #37BE71 #3740BE #BE3783

split-complementary

#BEB537 #3783BE #7137BE

monochromatic

#5F5B1C #8F8829 #BEB537 #D1CA61 #DFDA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BEB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB537

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB537	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)

#C5AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.142 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca76',
    500: '#beb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb537;
$custom-light: #d5ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75828,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB537

secondary

#878BCA

accent

#53DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB537

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

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