#BEB937#BEB937

#BEB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.146 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB937
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -13.34, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 64.25, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0431 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.146 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2753, 45.9222, 10.4087)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB937 #373CBE

analogous

#BE7537 #BEB937 #7FBE37

triadic

#BEB937 #37BEB9 #B937BE

tetradic

#BEB937 #37BE75 #373CBE #BE377F

square

#BEB937 #37BE75 #373CBE #BE377F

split-complementary

#BEB937 #377FBE #7537BE

monochromatic

#5F5D1C #8F8B29 #BEB937 #D1CD61 #DFDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#BEB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB937

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB937	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)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.146 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd76',
    500: '#beb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb937;
$custom-light: #d5cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76693,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB937

secondary

#8789CA

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB937

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

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