#BEBC61#BEBC61

#BEBC61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBC61
RGB	rgb(190, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 48.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -11.94, 45.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 47.41, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0346 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.114 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3770, 47.7777, 18.3493)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBC61 #6163BE

analogous

#BE8E61 #BEBC61 #92BE61

triadic

#BEBC61 #61BEBC #BC61BE

tetradic

#BEBC61 #61BE8E #6163BE #BE6192

square

#BEBC61 #61BE8E #6163BE #BE6192

split-complementary

#BEBC61 #6192BE #8E61BE

monochromatic

#757330 #A09E42 #BEBC61 #D0CE8C #E2E1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BEBC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBC61

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBC61	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d090',
    500: '#bebc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebc61;
$custom-light: #d3d090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.71,
    "s": 41.704,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77761,
    "c": 0.11413,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBC61

secondary

#AAABD1

accent

#59D256

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBC61

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

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