#BEBB42#BEBB42

#BEBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.140 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB42
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -13.76, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 60.80, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0431 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.14 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9903, 46.8824, 12.0959)
Luminance	0.4688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB42 #4245BE

analogous

#BE7D42 #BEBB42 #83BE42

triadic

#BEBB42 #42BEBB #BB42BE

tetradic

#BEBB42 #42BE7D #4245BE #BE4283

square

#BEBB42 #42BE7D #4245BE #BE4283

split-complementary

#BEBB42 #4283BE #7D42BE

monochromatic

#636222 #918F32 #BEBB42 #CECB70 #DDDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BEBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB42

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB42	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.140 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7d',
    500: '#bebb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb42;
$custom-light: #d5cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB42

secondary

#9294CA

accent

#53D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB42

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

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