#BEBC3B#BEBC3B

#BEBC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC3B
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -14.66, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 63.90, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0464 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.0093, 47.2306, 11.1457)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC3B #3B3DBE

analogous

#BE7B3B #BEBC3B #7FBE3B

triadic

#BEBC3B #3BBEBC #BC3BBE

tetradic

#BEBC3B #3BBE7B #3B3DBE #BE3B7F

square

#BEBC3B #3BBE7B #3B3DBE #BE3B7F

split-complementary

#BEBC3B #3B7FBE #7B3BBE

monochromatic

#61601E #8F8E2C #BEBC3B #D0CE67 #DEDD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#BEBC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC3B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC3B	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf79',
    500: '#bebc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc3b;
$custom-light: #d5cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77373,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC3B

secondary

#8B8CCA

accent

#4EDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC3B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →