#BEB855#BEB855

#BEB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB855
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -10.90, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 51.36, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.0329 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.121 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0166, 45.8852, 15.3414)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB855 #555BBE

analogous

#BE8455 #BEB855 #90BE55

triadic

#BEB855 #55BEB8 #B855BE

tetradic

#BEB855 #55BE84 #555BBE #BE5590

square

#BEB855 #55BE84 #555BBE #BE5590

split-complementary

#BEB855 #5590BE #8455BE

monochromatic

#6E6A2A #9B953B #BEB855 #CFCA81 #E0DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BEB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB855

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB855	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd88',
    500: '#beb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb855;
$custom-light: #d4cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB855

secondary

#A1A4CE

accent

#5BD453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB855

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

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