#BEBC38#BEBC38

#BEBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.148 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC38
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -14.81, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 65.00, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0471 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.148 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9337, 47.2004, 10.7476)
Luminance	0.4720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC38 #383ABE

analogous

#BE7938 #BEBC38 #7DBE38

triadic

#BEBC38 #38BEBC #BC38BE

tetradic

#BEBC38 #38BE79 #383ABE #BE387D

square

#BEBC38 #38BE79 #383ABE #BE387D

split-complementary

#BEBC38 #387DBE #7938BE

monochromatic

#5F5E1C #8F8D2A #BEBC38 #D1CF62 #DFDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BEBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC38

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf77',
    500: '#bebc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc38;
$custom-light: #d5cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77351,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC38

secondary

#8889CA

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC38

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

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