#BEB949#BEB949

#BEB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.133 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB949
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -12.30, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 57.11, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0382 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.133 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7881, 46.1274, 13.1096)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB949 #494EBE

analogous

#BE7F49 #BEB949 #89BE49

triadic

#BEB949 #49BEB9 #B949BE

tetradic

#BEB949 #49BE7F #494EBE #BE4989

square

#BEB949 #49BE7F #494EBE #BE4989

split-complementary

#BEB949 #4989BE #7F49BE

monochromatic

#686525 #959135 #BEB949 #CECA76 #DEDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BEB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BEB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB949

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB949	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.133 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd81',
    500: '#beb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb949;
$custom-light: #d4cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76842,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB949

secondary

#989ACB

accent

#57D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB949

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

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