#BEBA37#BEBA37

#BEBA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.147 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA37
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 55)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -13.85, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 64.62, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0445 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.147 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4852, 46.3421, 10.4787)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA37 #373BBE

analogous

#BE7637 #BEBA37 #7EBE37

triadic

#BEBA37 #37BEBA #BA37BE

tetradic

#BEBA37 #37BE76 #373BBE #BE377E

square

#BEBA37 #37BE76 #373BBE #BE377E

split-complementary

#BEBA37 #377EBE #7637BE

monochromatic

#5F5D1C #8F8C29 #BEBA37 #D1CE61 #DFDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BEBA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BEBA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA37

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA37	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.147 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce77',
    500: '#beba37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba37;
$custom-light: #d5ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA37

secondary

#8789CA

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA37

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

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