#BEB538#BEB538

#BEB538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB538
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -11.24, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 62.45, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0371 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4744, 44.2819, 10.2612)
Luminance	0.4428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB538 #3841BE

analogous

#BE7238 #BEB538 #84BE38

triadic

#BEB538 #38BEB5 #B538BE

tetradic

#BEB538 #38BE72 #3841BE #BE3884

square

#BEB538 #38BE72 #3841BE #BE3884

split-complementary

#BEB538 #3884BE #7238BE

monochromatic

#5F5B1C #8F882A #BEB538 #D1C962 #DFDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BEB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB538

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB538	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca77',
    500: '#beb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb538;
$custom-light: #d5ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB538

secondary

#888CCA

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB538

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

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