#BEBB40#BEBB40

#BEBB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB40
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -13.88, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 61.60, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0437 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.142 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9323, 46.8592, 11.7907)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB40 #4043BE

analogous

#BE7C40 #BEBB40 #82BE40

triadic

#BEBB40 #40BEBB #BB40BE

tetradic

#BEBB40 #40BE7C #4043BE #BE4082

square

#BEBB40 #40BE7C #4043BE #BE4082

split-complementary

#BEBB40 #4082BE #7C40BE

monochromatic

#626121 #908E31 #BEBB40 #CECC6D #DDDC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#BEBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB40

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB40	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7c',
    500: '#bebb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb40;
$custom-light: #d5cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.1418,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB40

secondary

#9092C9

accent

#52D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB40

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

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