#BEBC46#BEBC46

#BEBC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC46
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -14.02, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 59.57, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0435 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3252, 47.3570, 12.8098)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC46 #4648BE

analogous

#BE8046 #BEBC46 #84BE46

triadic

#BEBC46 #46BEBC #BC46BE

tetradic

#BEBC46 #46BE80 #4648BE #BE4684

square

#BEBC46 #46BE80 #4648BE #BE4684

split-complementary

#BEBC46 #4684BE #8046BE

monochromatic

#666524 #939234 #BEBC46 #CECC73 #DEDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BEBC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BEBC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC46

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC46	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)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5cf7f',
    500: '#bebc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc46;
$custom-light: #d5cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77463,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC46

secondary

#9596CA

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC46

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

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