#BEBB36#BEBB36

#BEBB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB36
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -14.40, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 65.34, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.0462 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6729, 46.7554, 10.4242)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB36 #3639BE

analogous

#BE7736 #BEBB36 #7DBE36

triadic

#BEBB36 #36BEBB #BB36BE

tetradic

#BEBB36 #36BE77 #3639BE #BE367D

square

#BEBB36 #36BE77 #3639BE #BE367D

split-complementary

#BEBB36 #367DBE #7736BE

monochromatic

#5F5D1B #8E8C28 #BEBB36 #D2CF60 #DFDD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BEBB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BEBB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB36

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB36	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf76',
    500: '#bebb36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb36;
$custom-light: #d5cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7712,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB36

secondary

#8687CA

accent

#4CDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB36

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

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