#BEBC59#BEBC59

#BEBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.122 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC59
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -12.63, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 51.19, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0374 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.122 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0227, 47.6360, 16.4830)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC59 #595BBE

analogous

#BE8A59 #BEBC59 #8EBE59

triadic

#BEBC59 #59BEBC #BC59BE

tetradic

#BEBC59 #59BE8A #595BBE #BE598E

square

#BEBC59 #59BE8A #595BBE #BE598E

split-complementary

#BEBC59 #598EBE #8A59BE

monochromatic

#716F2C #9D9B3D #BEBC59 #CFCE85 #E0E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BEBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC59

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC59	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.122 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d08b',
    500: '#bebc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc59;
$custom-light: #d4d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77661,
    "c": 0.12199,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC59

secondary

#A4A5CF

accent

#57D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC59

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

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