#BEB940#BEB940

#BEB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.140 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB940
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -12.86, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 60.83, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0408 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.14 107)
XYZ	xyz(39.5110, 46.0165, 11.6503)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB940 #4045BE

analogous

#BE7A40 #BEB940 #84BE40

triadic

#BEB940 #40BEB9 #B940BE

tetradic

#BEB940 #40BE7A #4045BE #BE4084

square

#BEB940 #40BE7A #4045BE #BE4084

split-complementary

#BEB940 #4084BE #7A40BE

monochromatic

#626021 #908C31 #BEB940 #CECA6D #DDDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BEB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB940

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB940	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)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.140 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd7b',
    500: '#beb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb940;
$custom-light: #d5cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76761,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB940

secondary

#9093C9

accent

#54D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB940

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

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