#BEBB55#BEBB55

#BEBB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.125 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB55
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -12.45, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 52.61, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.0373 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.125 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6464, 47.1448, 15.5513)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB55 #5558BE

analogous

#BE8755 #BEBB55 #8DBE55

triadic

#BEBB55 #55BEBB #BB55BE

tetradic

#BEBB55 #55BE87 #5558BE #BE558D

square

#BEBB55 #55BE87 #5558BE #BE558D

split-complementary

#BEBB55 #558DBE #8755BE

monochromatic

#6E6C2A #9B983B #BEBB55 #CFCD81 #E0DEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#BEBB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB55

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB55	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.125 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf88',
    500: '#bebb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb55;
$custom-light: #d4cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77399,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB55

secondary

#A1A2CE

accent

#57D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB55

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

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