#BEBA40#BEBA40

#BEBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA40
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -13.37, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 61.21, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0422 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7209, 46.4364, 11.7203)
Luminance	0.4643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA40 #4044BE

analogous

#BE7B40 #BEBA40 #83BE40

triadic

#BEBA40 #40BEBA #BA40BE

tetradic

#BEBA40 #40BE7B #4044BE #BE4083

square

#BEBA40 #40BE7B #4044BE #BE4083

split-complementary

#BEBA40 #4083BE #7B40BE

monochromatic

#626021 #908D31 #BEBA40 #CECB6D #DDDB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BEBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BEBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA40

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA40	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce7b',
    500: '#beba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba40;
$custom-light: #d5ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76978,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA40

secondary

#9092C9

accent

#53D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA40

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

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