#BEBC44#BEBC44

#BEBC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC44
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -14.15, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 60.39, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.044 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.14 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2632, 47.3321, 12.4828)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC44 #4446BE

analogous

#BE7F44 #BEBC44 #83BE44

triadic

#BEBC44 #44BEBC #BC44BE

tetradic

#BEBC44 #44BE7F #4446BE #BE4483

square

#BEBC44 #44BE7F #4446BE #BE4483

split-complementary

#BEBC44 #4483BE #7F44BE

monochromatic

#656423 #929033 #BEBC44 #CECC71 #DEDD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BEBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC44

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC44	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7e',
    500: '#bebc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc44;
$custom-light: #d5cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC44

secondary

#9495CA

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC44

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

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