#BEB541#BEB541

#BEB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.135 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB541
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -10.74, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 58.93, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0347 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.135 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7147, 44.3780, 11.5265)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB541 #414ABE

analogous

#BE7641 #BEB541 #89BE41

triadic

#BEB541 #41BEB5 #B541BE

tetradic

#BEB541 #41BE76 #414ABE #BE4189

square

#BEB541 #41BE76 #414ABE #BE4189

split-complementary

#BEB541 #4189BE #7641BE

monochromatic

#635E22 #908A31 #BEB541 #CEC76F #DDD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BEB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BEB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB541

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB541	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.135 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ca7c',
    500: '#beb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb541;
$custom-light: #d5ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75907,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB541

secondary

#9195C9

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB541

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

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