#BEB53B#BEB53B

#BEB53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB53B
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -11.08, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 61.31, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0363 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.139 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5500, 44.3121, 10.6593)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB53B #3B44BE

analogous

#BE743B #BEB53B #86BE3B

triadic

#BEB53B #3BBEB5 #B53BBE

tetradic

#BEB53B #3BBE74 #3B44BE #BE3B86

square

#BEB53B #3BBE74 #3B44BE #BE3B86

split-complementary

#BEB53B #3B86BE #743BBE

monochromatic

#615C1E #8F892C #BEB53B #D0C867 #DED995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BEB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB53B

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB53B	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)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca78',
    500: '#beb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb53b;
$custom-light: #d5ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75858,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB53B

secondary

#8B90CA

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB53B

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

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