#BEBD3B#BEBD3B

#BEBD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.147 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD3B
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -15.17, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 64.28, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0478 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.147 109)
XYZ	xyz(40.2236, 47.6593, 11.2172)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD3B #3B3CBE

analogous

#BE7C3B #BEBD3B #7EBE3B

triadic

#BEBD3B #3BBEBD #BD3BBE

tetradic

#BEBD3B #3BBE7C #3B3CBE #BE3B7E

square

#BEBD3B #3BBE7C #3B3CBE #BE3B7E

split-complementary

#BEBD3B #3B7EBE #7C3BBE

monochromatic

#61601E #8F8F2C #BEBD3B #D0CF67 #DEDE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BEBD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD3B

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD3B	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)

#CCB526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.147 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d079',
    500: '#bebd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd3b;
$custom-light: #d5d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.47658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD3B

secondary

#8B8CCA

accent

#4DDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD3B

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

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