#BEB738#BEB738

#BEB738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB738
RGB	rgb(190, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -12.26, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 63.16, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.04 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.143 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8840, 45.1010, 10.3977)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB738 #383FBE

analogous

#BE7438 #BEB738 #82BE38

triadic

#BEB738 #38BEB7 #B738BE

tetradic

#BEB738 #38BE74 #383FBE #BE3882

square

#BEB738 #38BE74 #383FBE #BE3882

split-complementary

#BEB738 #3882BE #7438BE

monochromatic

#5F5C1C #8F892A #BEB738 #D1CB62 #DFDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BEB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BEB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB738

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB738	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cc77',
    500: '#beb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb738;
$custom-light: #d5cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76267,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB738

secondary

#888BCA

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB738

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

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