#BEB638#BEB638

#BEB638 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.142 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB638
RGB	rgb(190, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -11.75, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 62.80, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0385 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.142 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6785, 44.6900, 10.3292)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB638 #3840BE

analogous

#BE7338 #BEB638 #83BE38

triadic

#BEB638 #38BEB6 #B638BE

tetradic

#BEB638 #38BE73 #3840BE #BE3883

square

#BEB638 #38BE73 #3840BE #BE3883

split-complementary

#BEB638 #3883BE #7338BE

monochromatic

#5F5B1C #8F892A #BEB638 #D1CA62 #DFDA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BEB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BEB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB638

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB638	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)

#C6AF23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.142 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb77',
    500: '#beb638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb638;
$custom-light: #d5cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB638

secondary

#888CCA

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB638

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

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