#BEBC42#BEBC42

#BEBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.141 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC42
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -14.27, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 61.19, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0446 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.141 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2032, 47.3082, 12.1668)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC42 #4244BE

analogous

#BE7E42 #BEBC42 #82BE42

triadic

#BEBC42 #42BEBC #BC42BE

tetradic

#BEBC42 #42BE7E #4244BE #BE4282

square

#BEBC42 #42BE7E #4244BE #BE4282

split-complementary

#BEBC42 #4282BE #7E42BE

monochromatic

#636222 #918F32 #BEBC42 #CECC70 #DDDC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#BEBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC42

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC42	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)

#CBB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.141 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7d',
    500: '#bebc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc42;
$custom-light: #d5cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77428,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC42

secondary

#9293CA

accent

#52D84F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC42

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

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