#BEB837#BEB837

#BEB837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.145 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB837
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -12.83, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 63.89, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0416 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.145 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0668, 45.5053, 10.3392)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB837 #373DBE

analogous

#BE7437 #BEB837 #81BE37

triadic

#BEB837 #37BEB8 #B837BE

tetradic

#BEB837 #37BE74 #373DBE #BE3781

square

#BEB837 #37BE74 #373DBE #BE3781

split-complementary

#BEB837 #3781BE #7437BE

monochromatic

#5F5C1C #8F8A29 #BEB837 #D1CC61 #DFDB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BEB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BEB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB837

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB837	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.145 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd76',
    500: '#beb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb837;
$custom-light: #d5cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.14492,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB837

secondary

#878ACA

accent

#50DE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB837

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

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