#BEBC49#BEBC49

#BEBC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC49
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -13.83, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 58.31, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.0426 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.136 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4223, 47.3958, 13.3210)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC49 #494BBE

analogous

#BE8249 #BEBC49 #86BE49

triadic

#BEBC49 #49BEBC #BC49BE

tetradic

#BEBC49 #49BE82 #494BBE #BE4986

square

#BEBC49 #49BE82 #494BBE #BE4986

split-complementary

#BEBC49 #4986BE #8249BE

monochromatic

#686625 #959335 #BEBC49 #CECD76 #DEDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BEBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC49

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC49	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf81',
    500: '#bebc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc49;
$custom-light: #d4cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC49

secondary

#9899CB

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC49

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

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