#BEB540#BEB540

#BEB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB540
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -10.80, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 59.34, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.035 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6860, 44.3665, 11.3753)
Luminance	0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB540 #4049BE

analogous

#BE7640 #BEB540 #88BE40

triadic

#BEB540 #40BEB5 #B540BE

tetradic

#BEB540 #40BE76 #4049BE #BE4088

square

#BEB540 #40BE76 #4049BE #BE4088

split-complementary

#BEB540 #4088BE #7640BE

monochromatic

#625E21 #908931 #BEB540 #CEC76D #DDD99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#BEB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB540

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB540	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7b',
    500: '#beb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb540;
$custom-light: #d5ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75898,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB540

secondary

#9094C9

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB540

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

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