#BEBC51#BEBC51

#BEBC51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.129 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC51
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 57.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -13.26, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 54.83, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0401 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.129 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7048, 47.5088, 14.8089)
Luminance	0.4751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC51 #5153BE

analogous

#BE8551 #BEBC51 #89BE51

triadic

#BEBC51 #51BEBC #BC51BE

tetradic

#BEBC51 #51BE85 #5153BE #BE5189

square

#BEBC51 #51BE85 #5153BE #BE5189

split-complementary

#BEBC51 #5189BE #8551BE

monochromatic

#6C6B28 #999739 #BEBC51 #CFCD7E #DFDEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#BEBC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC51

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC51	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.129 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d086',
    500: '#bebc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc51;
$custom-light: #d4d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.899,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77571,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC51

secondary

#9E9FCD

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC51

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

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