#BEBA59#BEBA59

#BEBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBA59
RGB	rgb(190, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -11.61, 48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 50.34, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0345 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.12 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5984, 46.7874, 16.3415)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBA59 #595DBE

analogous

#BE8859 #BEBA59 #8FBE59

triadic

#BEBA59 #59BEBA #BA59BE

tetradic

#BEBA59 #59BE88 #595DBE #BE598F

square

#BEBA59 #59BE88 #595DBE #BE598F

split-complementary

#BEBA59 #598FBE #8859BE

monochromatic

#716E2C #9D993D #BEBA59 #CFCC85 #E0DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BEBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BEBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBA59

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBA59	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #beba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ce8b',
    500: '#beba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #beba59;
$custom-light: #d4ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#beba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.624,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7723,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBA59

secondary

#A4A6CF

accent

#59D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBA59

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

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