#BEBA42#BEBA42

#BEBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA42
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -13.25, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 60.42, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0417 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.139 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.7789, 46.4596, 12.0254)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA42 #4246BE

analogous

#BE7C42 #BEBA42 #84BE42

triadic

#BEBA42 #42BEBA #BA42BE

tetradic

#BEBA42 #42BE7C #4246BE #BE4284

square

#BEBA42 #42BE7C #4246BE #BE4284

split-complementary

#BEBA42 #4284BE #7C42BE

monochromatic

#636122 #918E32 #BEBA42 #CECB70 #DDDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BEBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#BEBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA42

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA42	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)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ce7d',
    500: '#beba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba42;
$custom-light: #d5ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76994,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA42

secondary

#9294CA

accent

#54D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA42

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

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