#BEB838#BEB838

#BEB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB838
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -12.78, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 63.52, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0414 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.144 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0910, 45.5150, 10.4667)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB838 #383EBE

analogous

#BE7538 #BEB838 #81BE38

triadic

#BEB838 #38BEB8 #B838BE

tetradic

#BEB838 #38BE75 #383EBE #BE3881

square

#BEB838 #38BE75 #383EBE #BE3881

split-complementary

#BEB838 #3881BE #7538BE

monochromatic

#5F5C1C #8F8A2A #BEB838 #D1CC62 #DFDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BEB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BEB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB838

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB838	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)

#C8B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd77',
    500: '#beb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb838;
$custom-light: #d5cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76483,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB838

secondary

#888BCA

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB838

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

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