#BEB951#BEB951

#BEB951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.126 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEB951
RGB	rgb(190, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, -11.73, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 53.60, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0357 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.126 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0706, 46.2404, 14.5975)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEB951 #5156BE

analogous

#BE8251 #BEB951 #8CBE51

triadic

#BEB951 #51BEB9 #B951BE

tetradic

#BEB951 #51BE82 #5156BE #BE518C

square

#BEB951 #51BE82 #5156BE #BE518C

split-complementary

#BEB951 #518CBE #8251BE

monochromatic

#6C6928 #999439 #BEB951 #CFCB7E #DFDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BEB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#BEB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEB951

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEB951	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.126 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd86',
    500: '#beb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beb951;
$custom-light: #d4cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.248,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEB951

secondary

#9EA0CD

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEB951

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

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