#BEBD37#BEBD37

#BEBD37 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	#BEBD37
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -15.37, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 65.73, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0488 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.15 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.1238, 47.6194, 10.6916)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD37 #3738BE

analogous

#BE7A37 #BEBD37 #7BBE37

triadic

#BEBD37 #37BEBD #BD37BE

tetradic

#BEBD37 #37BE7A #3738BE #BE377B

square

#BEBD37 #37BE7A #3738BE #BE377B

split-complementary

#BEBD37 #377BBE #7A37BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8F8E29 #BEBD37 #D1D061 #DFDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BEBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD37

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD37	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)

#CCB51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CCB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.150 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d077',
    500: '#bebd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd37;
$custom-light: #d5d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77562,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD37

secondary

#8787CA

accent

#4ADE49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD37

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

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