#BEB557#BEB557

#BEB557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.117 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB557
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -9.19, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 49.20, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0278 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.117 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4806, 44.6843, 15.5602)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB557 #5760BE

analogous

#BE8257 #BEB557 #94BE57

triadic

#BEB557 #57BEB5 #B557BE

tetradic

#BEB557 #57BE82 #5760BE #BE5794

square

#BEB557 #57BE82 #5760BE #BE5794

split-complementary

#BEB557 #5794BE #8257BE

monochromatic

#6F6A2B #9C933C #BEB557 #CFC883 #E0DCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BEB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BEB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB557

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB557	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.117 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cb89',
    500: '#beb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb557;
$custom-light: #d4cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.757,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76134,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB557

secondary

#A3A6CE

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB557

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

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