#BEB561#BEB561

#BEB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.107 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB561
RGB	rgb(190, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -8.32, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 44.40, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0242 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.107 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9178, 44.8592, 17.8629)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB561 #616ABE

analogous

#BE8761 #BEB561 #99BE61

triadic

#BEB561 #61BEB5 #B561BE

tetradic

#BEB561 #61BE87 #616ABE #BE6199

square

#BEB561 #61BE87 #616ABE #BE6199

split-complementary

#BEB561 #6199BE #8761BE

monochromatic

#756E30 #A09742 #BEB561 #D0C98C #E2DEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BEB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#BEB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB561

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB561	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.107 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb90',
    500: '#beb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb561;
$custom-light: #d3cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB561

secondary

#AAAED1

accent

#62D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB561

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

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