#BEBD4A#BEBD4A

#BEBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BEBD4A
RGB	rgb(190, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -14.27, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 58.29, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0437 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.136 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6701, 47.8379, 13.5685)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BEBD4A #4A4BBE

analogous

#BE834A #BEBD4A #85BE4A

triadic

#BEBD4A #4ABEBD #BD4ABE

tetradic

#BEBD4A #4ABE83 #4A4BBE #BE4A85

square

#BEBD4A #4ABE83 #4A4BBE #BE4A85

split-complementary

#BEBD4A #4A85BE #834ABE

monochromatic

#686825 #959436 #BEBD4A #CECD77 #DEDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BEBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BEBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BEBD4A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BEBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BEBD4A	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bebd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d082',
    500: '#bebd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bebd4a;
$custom-light: #d4d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bebd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77717,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BEBD4A

secondary

#9899CB

accent

#52D751

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BEBD4A

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

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