#BEB642#BEB642

#BEB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.135 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB642
RGB	rgb(190, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -11.20, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 58.89, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0359 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.135 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9480, 44.7978, 11.7484)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB642 #424ABE

analogous

#BE7842 #BEB642 #88BE42

triadic

#BEB642 #42BEB6 #B642BE

tetradic

#BEB642 #42BE78 #424ABE #BE4288

square

#BEB642 #42BE78 #424ABE #BE4288

split-complementary

#BEB642 #4288BE #7842BE

monochromatic

#635F22 #918B32 #BEB642 #CEC870 #DDD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BEB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BEB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB642

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB642	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.135 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cb7c',
    500: '#beb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb642;
$custom-light: #d5cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76131,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB642

secondary

#9296CA

accent

#58D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB642

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

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