#BEB85B#BEB85B

#BEB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.116 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB85B
RGB	rgb(190, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 52.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -10.41, 47.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 48.55, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0309 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.116 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2651, 45.9847, 16.6504)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB85B #5B61BE

analogous

#BE875B #BEB85B #92BE5B

triadic

#BEB85B #5BBEB8 #B85BBE

tetradic

#BEB85B #5BBE87 #5B61BE #BE5B92

square

#BEB85B #5BBE87 #5B61BE #BE5B92

split-complementary

#BEB85B #5B92BE #875BBE

monochromatic

#726D2D #9D983E #BEB85B #CFCB87 #E1DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BEB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB85B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB85B	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.116 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd8c',
    500: '#beb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb85b;
$custom-light: #d4cd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76825,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB85B

secondary

#A6A8CF

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB85B

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

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