#BEB842#BEB842

#BEB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB842
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.30, -12.23, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.30, 59.65, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0388 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.137 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3605, 45.6228, 11.8859)
Luminance	0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB842 #4248BE

analogous

#BE7A42 #BEB842 #86BE42

triadic

#BEB842 #42BEB8 #B842BE

tetradic

#BEB842 #42BE7A #4248BE #BE4286

square

#BEB842 #42BE7A #4248BE #BE4286

split-complementary

#BEB842 #4286BE #7A42BE

monochromatic

#636022 #918C32 #BEB842 #CEC970 #DDDA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BEB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BEB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB842

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB842	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd7c',
    500: '#beb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb842;
$custom-light: #d5cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76562,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB842

secondary

#9295CA

accent

#56D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB842

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

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