#BEB831#BEB831

#BEB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.148 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB831
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -13.10, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 65.99, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.043 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.148 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9316, 45.4513, 9.6274)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB831 #3137BE

analogous

#BE7231 #BEB831 #7EBE31

triadic

#BEB831 #31BEB8 #B831BE

tetradic

#BEB831 #31BE72 #3137BE #BE317E

square

#BEB831 #31BE72 #3137BE #BE317E

split-complementary

#BEB831 #317EBE #7231BE

monochromatic

#5D5A18 #8D8924 #BEB831 #D4CF58 #E1DD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BEB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BEB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB831

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB831	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.148 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd73',
    500: '#beb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb831;
$custom-light: #d5cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76437,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB831

secondary

#8084CA

accent

#4CE246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB831

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

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