#BEBC39#BEBC39

#BEBC39 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	#BEBC39
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -14.76, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 64.64, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0469 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.148 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9584, 47.2102, 10.8777)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC39 #393BBE

analogous

#BE7939 #BEBC39 #7DBE39

triadic

#BEBC39 #39BEBC #BC39BE

tetradic

#BEBC39 #39BE79 #393BBE #BE397D

square

#BEBC39 #39BE79 #393BBE #BE397D

split-complementary

#BEBC39 #397DBE #7939BE

monochromatic

#605F1D #8F8D2B #BEBC39 #D0CF64 #DFDD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BEBC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC39

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC39	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)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.148 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf78',
    500: '#bebc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc39;
$custom-light: #d5cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77358,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC39

secondary

#898ACA

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC39

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

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