#BEBA51#BEBA51

#BEBA51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.127 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA51
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -12.24, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 54.01, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0372 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.127 107)
XYZ	xyz(40.2805, 46.6602, 14.6675)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA51 #5155BE

analogous

#BE8351 #BEBA51 #8BBE51

triadic

#BEBA51 #51BEBA #BA51BE

tetradic

#BEBA51 #51BE83 #5155BE #BE518B

square

#BEBA51 #51BE83 #5155BE #BE518B

split-complementary

#BEBA51 #518BBE #8351BE

monochromatic

#6C6A28 #999539 #BEBA51 #CFCC7E #DFDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BEBA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BEBA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA51

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA51	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.127 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce86',
    500: '#beba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba51;
$custom-light: #d4ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77139,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.46659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA51

secondary

#9EA0CD

accent

#57D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA51

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

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