#BEBB44#BEBB44

#BEBB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB44
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -13.64, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 59.99, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0426 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0503, 46.9064, 12.4119)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB44 #4447BE

analogous

#BE7E44 #BEBB44 #84BE44

triadic

#BEBB44 #44BEBB #BB44BE

tetradic

#BEBB44 #44BE7E #4447BE #BE4484

square

#BEBB44 #44BE7E #4447BE #BE4484

split-complementary

#BEBB44 #4484BE #7E44BE

monochromatic

#656323 #929033 #BEBB44 #CECC71 #DEDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BEBB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB44

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB44	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)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7e',
    500: '#bebb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb44;
$custom-light: #d5cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77228,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB44

secondary

#9495CA

accent

#53D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB44

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

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