#BEBD36#BEBD36

#BEBD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.150 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD36
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -15.42, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 66.08, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.049 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.15 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.1001, 47.6099, 10.5666)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD36 #3637BE

analogous

#BE7936 #BEBD36 #7BBE36

triadic

#BEBD36 #36BEBD #BD36BE

tetradic

#BEBD36 #36BE79 #3637BE #BE367B

square

#BEBD36 #36BE79 #3637BE #BE367B

split-complementary

#BEBD36 #367BBE #7936BE

monochromatic

#5F5E1B #8E8E28 #BEBD36 #D2D160 #DFDF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BEBD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD36

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD36	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)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.150 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d076',
    500: '#bebd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd36;
$custom-light: #d5d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77555,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD36

secondary

#8686CA

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →