#BEB549#BEB549

#BEB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB549
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -10.24, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 55.55, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0324 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9631, 44.4773, 12.8346)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB549 #4952BE

analogous

#BE7B49 #BEB549 #8DBE49

triadic

#BEB549 #49BEB5 #B549BE

tetradic

#BEB549 #49BE7B #4952BE #BE498D

square

#BEB549 #49BE7B #4952BE #BE498D

split-complementary

#BEB549 #498DBE #7B49BE

monochromatic

#686225 #958D35 #BEB549 #CEC776 #DEDAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BEB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BEB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB549

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB549	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca80',
    500: '#beb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb549;
$custom-light: #d4ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75981,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB549

secondary

#989CCB

accent

#5BD751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB549

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

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