#BEBC57#BEBC57

#BEBC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.124 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC57
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -12.80, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 52.12, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0381 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.124 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9398, 47.6028, 16.0466)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC57 #5759BE

analogous

#BE8957 #BEBC57 #8DBE57

triadic

#BEBC57 #57BEBC #BC57BE

tetradic

#BEBC57 #57BE89 #5759BE #BE578D

square

#BEBC57 #57BE89 #5759BE #BE578D

split-complementary

#BEBC57 #578DBE #8957BE

monochromatic

#6F6E2B #9C9A3C #BEBC57 #CFCE83 #E0DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BEBC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC57

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC57	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.124 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d089',
    500: '#bebc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc57;
$custom-light: #d4d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77637,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC57

secondary

#A3A3CE

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC57

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

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