#BEBD40#BEBD40

#BEBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD40
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -14.89, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 62.38, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0465 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.144 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3596, 47.7137, 11.9332)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD40 #4041BE

analogous

#BE7E40 #BEBD40 #80BE40

triadic

#BEBD40 #40BEBD #BD40BE

tetradic

#BEBD40 #40BE7E #4041BE #BE4080

square

#BEBD40 #40BE7E #4041BE #BE4080

split-complementary

#BEBD40 #4080BE #7E40BE

monochromatic

#626221 #908F31 #BEBD40 #CECD6D #DDDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#BEBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD40

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD40	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5d07c',
    500: '#bebd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd40;
$custom-light: #d5d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77629,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD40

secondary

#9091C9

accent

#50D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9EE

border

#D4D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD40

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

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