#BEBB51#BEBB51

#BEBB51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB51
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -12.75, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 54.42, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0387 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.128 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4919, 47.0831, 14.7379)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB51 #5154BE

analogous

#BE8451 #BEBB51 #8ABE51

triadic

#BEBB51 #51BEBB #BB51BE

tetradic

#BEBB51 #51BE84 #5154BE #BE518A

square

#BEBB51 #51BE84 #5154BE #BE518A

split-complementary

#BEBB51 #518ABE #8451BE

monochromatic

#6C6A28 #999639 #BEBB51 #CFCC7E #DFDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BEBB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#BEBB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB51

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB51	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf86',
    500: '#bebb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb51;
$custom-light: #d4cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77355,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB51

secondary

#9E9FCD

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB51

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

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