#BEBB37#BEBB37

#BEBB37 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	#BEBB37
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -14.36, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 64.99, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0459 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6966, 46.7649, 10.5492)
Luminance	0.4676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB37 #373ABE

analogous

#BE7837 #BEBB37 #7DBE37

triadic

#BEBB37 #37BEBB #BB37BE

tetradic

#BEBB37 #37BE78 #373ABE #BE377D

square

#BEBB37 #37BE78 #373ABE #BE377D

split-complementary

#BEBB37 #377DBE #7837BE

monochromatic

#5F5E1C #8F8C29 #BEBB37 #D1CF61 #DFDD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BEBB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BEBB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB37

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf77',
    500: '#bebb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb37;
$custom-light: #d5cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77127,
    "c": 0.1478,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB37

secondary

#8788CA

accent

#4DDE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB37

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

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