#BEBC40#BEBC40

#BEBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.143 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC40
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.37, -14.39, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.37, 61.99, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0451 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.143 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1452, 47.2850, 11.8617)
Luminance	0.4728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC40 #4042BE

analogous

#BE7D40 #BEBC40 #81BE40

triadic

#BEBC40 #40BEBC #BC40BE

tetradic

#BEBC40 #40BE7D #4042BE #BE4081

square

#BEBC40 #40BE7D #4042BE #BE4081

split-complementary

#BEBC40 #4081BE #7D40BE

monochromatic

#626121 #908F31 #BEBC40 #CECC6D #DDDC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BEBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC40

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC40	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.143 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7c',
    500: '#bebc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc40;
$custom-light: #d5cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77411,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC40

secondary

#9091C9

accent

#51D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC40

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

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