#BEB942#BEB942

#BEB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB942
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -12.74, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 60.03, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0403 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.138 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5689, 46.0397, 11.9554)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB942 #4247BE

analogous

#BE7B42 #BEB942 #85BE42

triadic

#BEB942 #42BEB9 #B942BE

tetradic

#BEB942 #42BE7B #4247BE #BE4285

square

#BEB942 #42BE7B #4247BE #BE4285

split-complementary

#BEB942 #4285BE #7B42BE

monochromatic

#636122 #918D32 #BEB942 #CECA70 #DDDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BEB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BEB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB942

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB942	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cd7d',
    500: '#beb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb942;
$custom-light: #d5cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76778,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB942

secondary

#9294CA

accent

#55D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB942

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

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