#BEBC45#BEBC45

#BEBC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC45
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -14.09, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 59.98, 103.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0437 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.139 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2939, 47.3445, 12.6449)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC45 #4547BE

analogous

#BE7F45 #BEBC45 #83BE45

triadic

#BEBC45 #45BEBC #BC45BE

tetradic

#BEBC45 #45BE7F #4547BE #BE4583

square

#BEBC45 #45BE7F #4547BE #BE4583

split-complementary

#BEBC45 #4583BE #7F45BE

monochromatic

#656423 #939133 #BEBC45 #CECC72 #DEDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BEBC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC45

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC45	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)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7e',
    500: '#bebc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc45;
$custom-light: #d5cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.13912,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC45

secondary

#9595CA

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC45

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

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