#BEBD38#BEBD38

#BEBD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.149 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD38
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -15.32, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 65.38, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0485 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.149 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.1481, 47.6291, 10.8191)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD38 #3839BE

analogous

#BE7A38 #BEBD38 #7CBE38

triadic

#BEBD38 #38BEBD #BD38BE

tetradic

#BEBD38 #38BE7A #3839BE #BE387C

square

#BEBD38 #38BE7A #3839BE #BE387C

split-complementary

#BEBD38 #387CBE #7A38BE

monochromatic

#5F5F1C #8F8E2A #BEBD38 #D1D062 #DFDE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BEBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BEBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD38

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD38	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	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)

#CCB521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.149 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d077',
    500: '#bebd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd38;
$custom-light: #d5d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77569,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD38

secondary

#8889CA

accent

#4BDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD38

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

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