#BEBA38#BEBA38

#BEBA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.146 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA38
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -13.80, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 64.26, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0443 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.146 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5094, 46.3518, 10.6062)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA38 #383CBE

analogous

#BE7738 #BEBA38 #7FBE38

triadic

#BEBA38 #38BEBA #BA38BE

tetradic

#BEBA38 #38BE77 #383CBE #BE387F

square

#BEBA38 #38BE77 #383CBE #BE387F

split-complementary

#BEBA38 #387FBE #7738BE

monochromatic

#5F5D1C #8F8C2A #BEBA38 #D1CE62 #DFDC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BEBA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#BEBA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA38

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA38	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C9B322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.146 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce77',
    500: '#beba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba38;
$custom-light: #d5ce77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA38

secondary

#888ACA

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA38

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

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