#BEB856#BEB856

#BEB856 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	#BEB856
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -10.82, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 50.90, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0326 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.121 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0566, 45.9012, 15.5521)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB856 #565CBE

analogous

#BE8456 #BEB856 #90BE56

triadic

#BEB856 #56BEB8 #B856BE

tetradic

#BEB856 #56BE84 #565CBE #BE5690

square

#BEB856 #56BE84 #565CBE #BE5690

split-complementary

#BEB856 #5690BE #8456BE

monochromatic

#6F6B2B #9B963C #BEB856 #CFCB82 #E0DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BEB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB856

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB856	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)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd89',
    500: '#beb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb856;
$custom-light: #d4cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB856

secondary

#A2A4CE

accent

#5BD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB856

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

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