#BEB550#BEB550

#BEB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB550
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -9.74, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 52.44, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0302 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2083, 44.5754, 14.1264)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB550 #5059BE

analogous

#BE7E50 #BEB550 #90BE50

triadic

#BEB550 #50BEB5 #B550BE

tetradic

#BEB550 #50BE7E #5059BE #BE5090

square

#BEB550 #50BE7E #5059BE #BE5090

split-complementary

#BEB550 #5090BE #7E50BE

monochromatic

#6C6628 #989039 #BEB550 #CFC87D #DFDBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BEB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#BEB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB550

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB550	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ca85',
    500: '#beb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb550;
$custom-light: #d4ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76053,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB550

secondary

#9DA1CD

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB550

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

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