#BEB539#BEB539

#BEB539 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	#BEB539
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -11.19, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 62.07, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0368 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.141 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4991, 44.2917, 10.3913)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB539 #3942BE

analogous

#BE7239 #BEB539 #84BE39

triadic

#BEB539 #39BEB5 #B539BE

tetradic

#BEB539 #39BE72 #3942BE #BE3984

square

#BEB539 #39BE72 #3942BE #BE3984

split-complementary

#BEB539 #3984BE #7239BE

monochromatic

#605B1D #8F882B #BEB539 #D0C964 #DFD993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BEB539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB539

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB539	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)

#C5AF25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca77',
    500: '#beb539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb539;
$custom-light: #d5ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75843,
    "c": 0.14082,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB539

secondary

#898ECA

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB539

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

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