#BEBB59#BEBB59

#BEBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.121 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBB59
RGB	rgb(190, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -12.12, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 50.76, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.036 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.121 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8098, 47.2102, 16.4120)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBB59 #595CBE

analogous

#BE8959 #BEBB59 #8EBE59

triadic

#BEBB59 #59BEBB #BB59BE

tetradic

#BEBB59 #59BE89 #595CBE #BE598E

square

#BEBB59 #59BE89 #595CBE #BE598E

split-complementary

#BEBB59 #598EBE #8959BE

monochromatic

#716F2C #9D9A3D #BEBB59 #CFCD85 #E0DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BEBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBB59

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBB59	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.121 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf8b',
    500: '#bebb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebb59;
$custom-light: #d4cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.218,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBB59

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#58D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBB59

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

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