#BEBD49#BEBD49

#BEBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.137 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD49
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -14.34, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 58.72, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.044 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.137 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6367, 47.8245, 13.3925)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD49 #494ABE

analogous

#BE8349 #BEBD49 #85BE49

triadic

#BEBD49 #49BEBD #BD49BE

tetradic

#BEBD49 #49BE83 #494ABE #BE4985

square

#BEBD49 #49BE83 #494ABE #BE4985

split-complementary

#BEBD49 #4985BE #8349BE

monochromatic

#686725 #959435 #BEBD49 #CECD76 #DEDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BEBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD49

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD49	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.137 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d081',
    500: '#bebd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd49;
$custom-light: #d4d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.487,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77707,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD49

secondary

#9898CB

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD49

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

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